Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 484 · 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 18 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
2. 2.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) you can never do it (b) a chance to improve (c) quit the subject (d) the end of the year
5. 5.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
6. 6.📝 In a test you lost 4 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?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) praising your effort (c) redoing wrong sums (d) comparing with friends
8. 8.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
9. 9.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
10. 10.📝 You scored 16 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
11. 11.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) blaming the teacher (c) redoing wrong sums (d) giving up the subject
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) asking about doubts (c) blaming the teacher (d) hiding the paper
13. 13.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) tearing up the paper (c) giving up the subject (d) asking about doubts
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) noting weak topics (c) never looking at it (d) updating your plan
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) redoing wrong sums (c) blaming the teacher (d) listing your mistakes
16. 16.📝 You scored 36 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) updating your plan (c) comparing with friends (d) tearing up the paper
18. 18.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) praising your effort (c) asking about doubts (d) noting weak topics
19. 19.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
20. 20.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) asking about doubts (c) redoing wrong sums (d) listing your mistakes
21. 21.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
22. 22.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) hide it (b) throw it away (c) look at the mistakes (d) only see the mark
23. 23.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) in your head only (b) on your hand (c) a mistakes notebook (d) nowhere
24. 24.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) updating your plan (c) never looking at it (d) redoing wrong sums
25. 25.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📝 In a test you lost 4 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?
27. 27.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
28. 28.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a misread question
29. 29.🔁 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
30. 30.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
32. 32.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) never looking at it (c) updating your plan (d) hiding the paper
33. 33.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) hiding the paper (c) giving up the subject (d) redoing wrong sums
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) praising your effort (c) listing your mistakes (d) hiding the paper
36. 36.🔍 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 time problem (d) a careless slip
37. 37.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
38. 38.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
39. 39.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) tearing up the paper (c) noting weak topics (d) comparing with friends
40. 40.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote the right answer in the wrong box. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip

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