Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 393 · 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.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) never looking at it (c) hiding the paper (d) giving up the subject
4. 4.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) skipping numbers (b) hoping for luck (c) a unit check at the end (d) writing faster
5. 5.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) never looking at it (c) tearing up the paper (d) comparing with friends
6. 6.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
7. 7.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) updating your plan (c) tearing up the paper (d) hiding the paper
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) redoing wrong sums (c) updating your plan (d) giving up the subject
9. 9.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) asking about doubts (b) noting weak topics (c) hiding the paper (d) updating your plan
10. 10.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
11. 11.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) asking about doubts (b) updating your plan (c) tearing up the paper (d) redoing wrong sums
12. 12.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
14. 14.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
15. 15.📝 You scored 18 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
16. 16.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) updating your plan (c) listing your mistakes (d) noting weak topics
18. 18.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You gave three points when it asked for five. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
19. 19.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a time problem (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
20. 20.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 7 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
22. 22.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
23. 23.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to change the mark (b) to waste time (c) to copy answers (d) to fix the gap
24. 24.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
25. 25.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 1 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
26. 26.📝 You scored 40 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) listing your mistakes (c) noting weak topics (d) updating your plan
28. 28.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) noting weak topics (c) praising your effort (d) hiding the paper
30. 30.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
32. 32.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) the end of the year (b) quit the subject (c) you can never do it (d) a chance to improve
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) listing your mistakes (c) never looking at it (d) tearing up the paper
35. 35.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) hiding the paper (c) noting weak topics (d) giving up the subject
36. 36.📝 You scored 60 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
37. 37.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) throw it away (b) look at the mistakes (c) hide it (d) only see the mark
38. 38.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
39. 39.📝 You scored 30 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
40. 40.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True

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