Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 380 · 40 questions

Study tip (Every mistake is a map): Concept gap → relearn and practise; careless slip → add it to your checking list; time problem → plan minutes per mark; misread question → circle key words. Helpful steps: listing your mistakes, redoing wrong sums, asking about doubts, noting weak topics, updating your plan. Unhelpful: hiding the paper, blaming the teacher, giving up the subject. Score as a percentage = marks ÷ total × 100 (26 out of 50 → 52%).

1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) updating your plan (c) noting weak topics (d) hiding the paper
2. 2.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
3. 3.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
4. 4.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) tearing up the paper (c) giving up the subject (d) listing your mistakes
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) redoing wrong sums (c) praising your effort (d) never looking at it
6. 6.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
9. 9.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) hide it (b) only see the mark (c) throw it away (d) look at the mistakes
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) tearing up the paper (c) updating your plan (d) listing your mistakes
11. 11.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) giving up the subject (c) asking about doubts (d) praising your effort
12. 12.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to copy answers (b) to change the mark (c) to waste time (d) to fix the gap
13. 13.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
14. 14.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) asking about doubts (c) noting weak topics (d) comparing with friends
15. 15.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote the right answer in the wrong box. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
16. 16.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
17. 17.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You gave three points when it asked for five. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
18. 18.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) praising your effort (c) comparing with friends (d) giving up the subject
19. 19.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
22. 22.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 7 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
23. 23.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
25. 25.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
26. 26.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) giving up the subject (c) hiding the paper (d) asking about doubts
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) blaming the teacher (c) asking about doubts (d) praising your effort
28. 28.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) hiding the paper (c) praising your effort (d) giving up the subject
30. 30.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) never looking at it (c) noting weak topics (d) tearing up the paper
31. 31.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) never looking at it (c) blaming the teacher (d) tearing up the paper
33. 33.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) asking about doubts (c) comparing with friends (d) listing your mistakes
35. 35.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) giving up the subject (c) hiding the paper (d) redoing wrong sums
36. 36.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
37. 37.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question
38. 38.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a misread question
40. 40.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) noting weak topics (c) hiding the paper (d) praising your effort

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