Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 581 · 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: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
2. 2.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 8 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
3. 3.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
4. 4.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) hoping for luck (b) writing faster (c) a unit check at the end (d) skipping numbers
5. 5.🔍 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
6. 6.🔍 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 time problem (d) a misread question
7. 7.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question
8. 8.📝 You scored 26 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
9. 9.📝 You scored 9 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
10. 10.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
11. 11.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) throw it away (b) hide it (c) look at the mistakes (d) only see the mark
12. 12.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) praising your effort (c) giving up the subject (d) listing your mistakes
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) blaming the teacher (c) hiding the paper (d) listing your mistakes
14. 14.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) hiding the paper (c) tearing up the paper (d) updating your plan
16. 16.🔍 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
17. 17.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) nowhere (b) a mistakes notebook (c) on your hand (d) in your head only
18. 18.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) giving up the subject (c) asking about doubts (d) blaming the teacher
19. 19.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
20. 20.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) quit the subject (b) a chance to improve (c) you can never do it (d) the end of the year
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) giving up the subject (c) never looking at it (d) redoing wrong sums
22. 22.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) tearing up the paper (c) redoing wrong sums (d) noting weak topics
23. 23.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
24. 24.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) praising your effort (c) redoing wrong sums (d) updating your plan
26. 26.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
27. 27.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📝 You scored 9 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
29. 29.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) yes, and worry (b) yes, for hours (c) no, rest and move on (d) argue about each
30. 30.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to waste time (b) to copy answers (c) to change the mark (d) to fix the gap
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) redoing wrong sums (c) asking about doubts (d) hiding the paper
32. 32.📝 You scored 20 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) praising your effort (c) listing your mistakes (d) tearing up the paper
34. 34.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 6 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
35. 35.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 3 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.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
38. 38.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) redoing wrong sums (c) giving up the subject (d) never looking at it
39. 39.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
40. 40.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap

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