Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 520 · 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 forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
2. 2.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
3. 3.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a misread question
4. 4.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) asking about doubts (c) listing your mistakes (d) giving up the subject
6. 6.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
7. 7.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
8. 8.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 5 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
9. 9.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
10. 10.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
11. 11.📝 You scored 15 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
12. 12.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) redoing wrong sums (c) comparing with friends (d) tearing up the paper
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) hiding the paper (c) tearing up the paper (d) giving up the subject
14. 14.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) on your hand (b) in your head only (c) nowhere (d) a mistakes notebook
15. 15.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📝 You scored 10 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
17. 17.📝 You scored 40 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
18. 18.📝 You scored 14 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
19. 19.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
20. 20.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
21. 21.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) tearing up the paper (c) listing your mistakes (d) asking about doubts
22. 22.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a time problem (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
23. 23.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) redoing wrong sums (c) never looking at it (d) updating your plan
25. 25.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) skipping numbers (b) a unit check at the end (c) writing faster (d) hoping for luck
27. 27.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
29. 29.📝 You scored 9 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) praising your effort (c) redoing wrong sums (d) blaming the teacher
31. 31.🔍 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 time problem (d) a concept gap
32. 32.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
35. 35.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) updating your plan (c) hiding the paper (d) never looking at it
36. 36.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 6 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
37. 37.🔍 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
38. 38.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
39. 39.🔁 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
40. 40.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) never looking at it (c) asking about doubts (d) comparing with friends

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