Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 551 · 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.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) noting weak topics (c) hiding the paper (d) listing your mistakes
3. 3.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
5. 5.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) nowhere (b) in your head only (c) on your hand (d) a mistakes notebook
6. 6.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) updating your plan (c) asking about doubts (d) comparing with friends
8. 8.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
10. 10.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
11. 11.🔁 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
12. 12.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📝 You scored 40 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
14. 14.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
15. 15.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
16. 16.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the paper (b) comparing with friends (c) listing your mistakes (d) giving up the subject
18. 18.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 8 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
19. 19.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) never looking at it (c) giving up the subject (d) listing your mistakes
20. 20.🔍 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
21. 21.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
23. 23.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) praising your effort (b) tearing up the paper (c) listing your mistakes (d) redoing wrong sums
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) updating your plan (c) redoing wrong sums (d) blaming the teacher
25. 25.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 5 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
26. 26.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
27. 27.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) yes, and worry (b) argue about each (c) no, rest and move on (d) yes, for hours
28. 28.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 4 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
30. 30.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 4 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
31. 31.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) throw it away (b) only see the mark (c) look at the mistakes (d) hide it
32. 32.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You gave three points when it asked for five. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
33. 33.📝 You scored 21 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
34. 34.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) giving up the subject (b) hiding the paper (c) never looking at it (d) asking about doubts
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the paper (b) blaming the teacher (c) redoing wrong sums (d) comparing with friends
36. 36.📝 In a test you lost 3 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?
37. 37.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
38. 38.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) giving up the subject (c) tearing up the paper (d) praising your effort
40. 40.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) praising your effort (c) hiding the paper (d) comparing with friends

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