Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 424 · 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.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
2. 2.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) on your hand (b) a mistakes notebook (c) in your head only (d) nowhere
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) tearing up the paper (c) noting weak topics (d) praising your effort
4. 4.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
6. 6.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You gave three points when it asked for five. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) praising your effort (c) tearing up the paper (d) blaming the teacher
9. 9.🔍 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
10. 10.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) you can never do it (b) quit the subject (c) the end of the year (d) a chance to improve
12. 12.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) giving up the subject (c) praising your effort (d) listing your mistakes
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) listing your mistakes (c) giving up the subject (d) praising your effort
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) asking about doubts (c) redoing wrong sums (d) blaming the teacher
15. 15.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) listing your mistakes (c) redoing wrong sums (d) noting weak topics
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) giving up the subject (c) updating your plan (d) hiding the paper
18. 18.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) giving up the subject (b) comparing with friends (c) tearing up the paper (d) redoing wrong sums
19. 19.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
20. 20.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
22. 22.📝 You scored 72 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
23. 23.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question
24. 24.📝 You scored 9 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
25. 25.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
26. 26.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📝 In a test you lost 6 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 5 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
28. 28.📝 In a test you lost 6 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 4 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
29. 29.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
30. 30.🔍 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 careless slip (d) a misread question
31. 31.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to copy answers (b) to waste time (c) to change the mark (d) to fix the gap
32. 32.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) redoing wrong sums (c) asking about doubts (d) comparing with friends
34. 34.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) look at the mistakes (b) only see the mark (c) throw it away (d) hide it
35. 35.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 7 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
36. 36.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) skipping numbers (b) a unit check at the end (c) writing faster (d) hoping for luck
38. 38.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
39. 39.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) comparing with friends (c) blaming the teacher (d) listing your mistakes
40. 40.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 1 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?

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