Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 460 · 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.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) a mistakes notebook (b) nowhere (c) in your head only (d) on your hand
2. 2.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the paper (b) comparing with friends (c) redoing wrong sums (d) giving up the subject
4. 4.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
5. 5.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
6. 6.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) never looking at it (c) listing your mistakes (d) giving up the subject
8. 8.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 8 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) redoing wrong sums (c) noting weak topics (d) listing your mistakes
10. 10.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) yes, for hours (b) yes, and worry (c) argue about each (d) no, rest and move on
11. 11.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 8 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
12. 12.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) giving up the subject (c) hiding the paper (d) never looking at it
13. 13.🔁 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
14. 14.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) throw it away (b) only see the mark (c) hide it (d) look at the mistakes
15. 15.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) tearing up the paper (c) hiding the paper (d) asking about doubts
17. 17.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: giving up the subject? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) praising your effort (c) noting weak topics (d) giving up the subject
19. 19.🔍 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
20. 20.📝 You scored 10 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
21. 21.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 8 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
22. 22.🔁 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
23. 23.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
24. 24.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
25. 25.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
26. 26.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
28. 28.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) giving up the subject (c) updating your plan (d) blaming the teacher
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) comparing with friends (c) asking about doubts (d) tearing up the paper
31. 31.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
32. 32.📝 You scored 39 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
33. 33.📝 You scored 15 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
34. 34.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You gave three points when it asked for five. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
35. 35.📝 In a test you lost 6 marks to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
36. 36.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
37. 37.📝 You scored 33 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
38. 38.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) noting weak topics (c) hiding the paper (d) redoing wrong sums
40. 40.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step

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