Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 450 · 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) giving up the subject (b) tearing up the paper (c) blaming the teacher (d) redoing wrong sums
2. 2.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) noting weak topics (c) tearing up the paper (d) listing your mistakes
3. 3.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) yes, for hours (b) no, rest and move on (c) argue about each (d) yes, and worry
4. 4.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a time problem (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
5. 5.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) asking about doubts (c) giving up the subject (d) comparing with friends
7. 7.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📝 You scored 22 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
9. 9.📝 You scored 18 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) redoing wrong sums (c) comparing with friends (d) noting weak topics
11. 11.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) in your head only (b) on your hand (c) a mistakes notebook (d) nowhere
12. 12.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
13. 13.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 8 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
14. 14.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
15. 15.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) giving up the subject (c) redoing wrong sums (d) tearing up the paper
16. 16.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) quit the subject (b) a chance to improve (c) you can never do it (d) the end of the year
17. 17.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
18. 18.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) giving up the subject (c) listing your mistakes (d) hiding the paper
20. 20.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 4 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the paper (b) blaming the teacher (c) praising your effort (d) comparing with friends
22. 22.📝 You scored 12 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) updating your plan (c) redoing wrong sums (d) hiding the paper
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) never looking at it (c) giving up the subject (d) listing your mistakes
25. 25.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) hide it (b) look at the mistakes (c) throw it away (d) only see the mark
26. 26.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 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
29. 29.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) giving up the subject (b) redoing wrong sums (c) asking about doubts (d) updating your plan
30. 30.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📝 You scored 17 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
33. 33.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) writing faster (b) a unit check at the end (c) hoping for luck (d) skipping numbers
35. 35.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
36. 36.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
37. 37.📝 You scored 30 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
38. 38.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
39. 39.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to fix the gap (b) to change the mark (c) to waste time (d) to copy answers
40. 40.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a misread question

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