Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 543 · 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, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 4 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
2. 2.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to waste time (b) to change the mark (c) to copy answers (d) to fix the gap
4. 4.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
5. 5.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) updating your plan (c) asking about doubts (d) giving up the subject
7. 7.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📝 You scored 14 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
9. 9.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) asking about doubts (c) tearing up the paper (d) listing your mistakes
10. 10.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
12. 12.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
14. 14.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) giving up the subject (b) praising your effort (c) hiding the paper (d) comparing with friends
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) listing your mistakes (c) noting weak topics (d) comparing with friends
16. 16.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) blaming the teacher (c) asking about doubts (d) redoing wrong sums
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) giving up the subject (c) blaming the teacher (d) listing your mistakes
18. 18.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) giving up the subject (c) listing your mistakes (d) tearing up the paper
19. 19.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: giving up the subject? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
20. 20.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) updating your plan (c) tearing up the paper (d) praising your effort
22. 22.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
23. 23.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
24. 24.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) listing your mistakes (c) praising your effort (d) blaming the teacher
26. 26.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
27. 27.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) asking about doubts (c) updating your plan (d) redoing wrong sums
28. 28.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a misread question
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) praising your effort (c) hiding the paper (d) giving up the subject
31. 31.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📝 In a test you lost 6 marks to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 4 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
33. 33.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
34. 34.📝 You scored 49 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
35. 35.📝 You scored 12 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
36. 36.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
37. 37.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) the end of the year (b) you can never do it (c) quit the subject (d) a chance to improve
38. 38.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote the right answer in the wrong box. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
39. 39.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
40. 40.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) writing faster (b) hoping for luck (c) skipping numbers (d) a unit check at the end

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