Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 505 · 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.📝 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?
2. 2.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) hiding the paper (c) redoing wrong sums (d) listing your mistakes
4. 4.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
5. 5.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) skipping numbers (b) hoping for luck (c) writing faster (d) a unit check at the end
7. 7.📝 You scored 11 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
8. 8.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
9. 9.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
10. 10.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
12. 12.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) redoing wrong sums (c) praising your effort (d) giving up the subject
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) tearing up the paper (c) comparing with friends (d) noting weak topics
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) hiding the paper (c) comparing with friends (d) redoing wrong sums
16. 16.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔁 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
18. 18.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
19. 19.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
20. 20.📝 You scored 8 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
21. 21.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) the end of the year (b) quit the subject (c) a chance to improve (d) you can never do it
22. 22.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a misread question
23. 23.📝 You scored 10 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
24. 24.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) in your head only (b) on your hand (c) nowhere (d) a mistakes notebook
25. 25.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) praising your effort (b) blaming the teacher (c) redoing wrong sums (d) asking about doubts
27. 27.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) giving up the subject (c) redoing wrong sums (d) updating your plan
29. 29.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) praising your effort (c) comparing with friends (d) redoing wrong sums
31. 31.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to fix the gap (b) to waste time (c) to copy answers (d) to change the mark
32. 32.📝 You scored 48 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
33. 33.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 5 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
34. 34.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 5 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
35. 35.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
36. 36.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) updating your plan (c) asking about doubts (d) redoing wrong sums
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) never looking at it (c) redoing wrong sums (d) noting weak topics
39. 39.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) praising your effort (c) listing your mistakes (d) noting weak topics
40. 40.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step

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