Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 390 · 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.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question
2. 2.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 8 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
3. 3.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) never looking at it (c) noting weak topics (d) praising your effort
5. 5.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) hide it (b) throw it away (c) look at the mistakes (d) only see the mark
6. 6.📝 You scored 18 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
7. 7.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 4 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) blaming the teacher (c) hiding the paper (d) praising your effort
9. 9.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
10. 10.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) in your head only (b) nowhere (c) a mistakes notebook (d) on your hand
11. 11.📝 You scored 14 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
12. 12.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
13. 13.📝 You scored 68 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) updating your plan (c) noting weak topics (d) praising your effort
15. 15.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question
18. 18.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to copy answers (b) to change the mark (c) to fix the gap (d) to waste time
19. 19.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
20. 20.📝 You scored 17 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
21. 21.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) listing your mistakes (c) asking about doubts (d) noting weak topics
22. 22.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
23. 23.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
24. 24.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) a chance to improve (b) quit the subject (c) the end of the year (d) you can never do it
25. 25.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the paper (b) noting weak topics (c) blaming the teacher (d) giving up the subject
27. 27.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
30. 30.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) noting weak topics (c) redoing wrong sums (d) comparing with friends
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the paper (b) hiding the paper (c) redoing wrong sums (d) comparing with friends
33. 33.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) comparing with friends (c) listing your mistakes (d) tearing up the paper
34. 34.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) blaming the teacher (c) praising your effort (d) never looking at it
36. 36.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
37. 37.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
38. 38.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 7 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
39. 39.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) never looking at it (c) noting weak topics (d) praising your effort
40. 40.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True

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