Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 43 · 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.📝 You scored 14 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) praising your effort (c) listing your mistakes (d) redoing wrong sums
3. 3.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
4. 4.📝 In a test you lost 6 marks 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?
5. 5.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) quit the subject (b) you can never do it (c) the end of the year (d) a chance to improve
6. 6.🔁 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
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the paper (b) never looking at it (c) hiding the paper (d) updating your plan
8. 8.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to change the mark (b) to waste time (c) to fix the gap (d) to copy answers
9. 9.📝 You scored 72 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
10. 10.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
11. 11.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) skipping numbers (b) a unit check at the end (c) hoping for luck (d) writing faster
12. 12.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) never looking at it (c) redoing wrong sums (d) noting weak topics
13. 13.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) listing your mistakes (c) noting weak topics (d) praising your effort
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) asking about doubts (c) tearing up the paper (d) praising your effort
15. 15.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
16. 16.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) blaming the teacher (c) giving up the subject (d) hiding the paper
17. 17.📝 You scored 31 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
18. 18.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) noting weak topics (c) giving up the subject (d) blaming the teacher
19. 19.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
20. 20.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
21. 21.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) listing your mistakes (c) noting weak topics (d) tearing up the paper
22. 22.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
23. 23.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
24. 24.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
25. 25.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) on your hand (b) nowhere (c) in your head only (d) a mistakes notebook
26. 26.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) giving up the subject (c) never looking at it (d) listing your mistakes
27. 27.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 1 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
28. 28.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
29. 29.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
31. 31.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) tearing up the paper (c) never looking at it (d) asking about doubts
32. 32.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) argue about each (b) yes, for hours (c) yes, and worry (d) no, rest and move on
33. 33.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) hiding the paper (c) redoing wrong sums (d) noting weak topics
35. 35.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
36. 36.📝 In a test you lost 6 marks 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?
37. 37.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) giving up the subject (c) comparing with friends (d) redoing wrong sums
40. 40.📝 You scored 9 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?

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