Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 463 · 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.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
2. 2.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) updating your plan (c) listing your mistakes (d) asking about doubts
3. 3.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) quit the subject (b) a chance to improve (c) the end of the year (d) you can never do it
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) hiding the paper (c) tearing up the paper (d) comparing with friends
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) praising your effort (c) listing your mistakes (d) tearing up the paper
6. 6.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
8. 8.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
9. 9.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) giving up the subject (c) comparing with friends (d) listing your mistakes
10. 10.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) tearing up the paper (c) hiding the paper (d) blaming the teacher
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) hiding the paper (c) praising your effort (d) noting weak topics
12. 12.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📝 In a test you lost 6 marks to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 6 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
15. 15.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to fix the gap (b) to copy answers (c) to waste time (d) to change the mark
18. 18.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) redoing wrong sums (c) tearing up the paper (d) blaming the teacher
19. 19.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
20. 20.📝 You scored 28 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) updating your plan (c) comparing with friends (d) tearing up the paper
22. 22.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
23. 23.🔍 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 concept gap (d) a time problem
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the paper (b) hiding the paper (c) asking about doubts (d) blaming the teacher
25. 25.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
26. 26.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) a unit check at the end (b) hoping for luck (c) skipping numbers (d) writing faster
27. 27.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 5 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 had no time to finish the essay. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
29. 29.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
30. 30.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
31. 31.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) asking about doubts (c) redoing wrong sums (d) blaming the teacher
32. 32.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) on your hand (b) nowhere (c) in your head only (d) a mistakes notebook
33. 33.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) updating your plan (c) redoing wrong sums (d) asking about doubts
36. 36.📝 You scored 29 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
37. 37.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 5 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
38. 38.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 1 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) listing your mistakes (c) never looking at it (d) blaming the teacher
40. 40.📝 You scored 16 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?

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