Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 50 · 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 of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) tearing up the paper (c) hiding the paper (d) giving up the subject
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) asking about doubts (c) noting weak topics (d) blaming the teacher
3. 3.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
4. 4.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
5. 5.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
6. 6.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
7. 7.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
9. 9.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
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.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) skipping numbers (b) writing faster (c) hoping for luck (d) a unit check at the end
12. 12.🔍 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 time problem (d) a concept gap
13. 13.🔍 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
14. 14.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) updating your plan (c) asking about doubts (d) comparing with friends
15. 15.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📝 You scored 36 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
17. 17.📝 You scored 41 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
18. 18.📝 You scored 16 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
19. 19.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
20. 20.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
22. 22.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
23. 23.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) asking about doubts (c) redoing wrong sums (d) giving up the subject
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) praising your effort (c) redoing wrong sums (d) never looking at it
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) tearing up the paper (c) praising your effort (d) hiding the paper
28. 28.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) asking about doubts (b) listing your mistakes (c) hiding the paper (d) noting weak topics
29. 29.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to fix the gap (b) to change the mark (c) to copy answers (d) to waste time
30. 30.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📝 You scored 20 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
32. 32.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
33. 33.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) praising your effort (b) comparing with friends (c) hiding the paper (d) giving up the subject
34. 34.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) only see the mark (b) throw it away (c) hide it (d) look at the mistakes
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) giving up the subject (c) never looking at it (d) listing your mistakes
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) blaming the teacher (c) tearing up the paper (d) asking about doubts
37. 37.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
38. 38.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 2 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) blaming the teacher (b) redoing wrong sums (c) giving up the subject (d) comparing with friends
40. 40.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a misread question

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