Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 589 · 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: praising your effort? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
2. 2.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) redoing wrong sums (c) noting weak topics (d) comparing with friends
3. 3.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
4. 4.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) look at the mistakes (b) only see the mark (c) hide it (d) throw it away
5. 5.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
6. 6.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) blaming the teacher (c) praising your effort (d) never looking at it
7. 7.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
8. 8.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
9. 9.📝 In a test you lost 6 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?
10. 10.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) no, rest and move on (b) argue about each (c) yes, and worry (d) yes, for hours
13. 13.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
14. 14.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 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
16. 16.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
17. 17.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) noting weak topics (c) hiding the paper (d) praising your effort
20. 20.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) giving up the subject (b) blaming the teacher (c) never looking at it (d) noting weak topics
21. 21.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) listing your mistakes (c) tearing up the paper (d) giving up the subject
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) never looking at it (c) giving up the subject (d) hiding the paper
23. 23.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
24. 24.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
25. 25.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question
26. 26.🔁 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
27. 27.📝 You scored 24 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
28. 28.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) redoing wrong sums (c) tearing up the paper (d) blaming the teacher
29. 29.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) noting weak topics (c) updating your plan (d) never looking at it
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) giving up the subject (c) listing your mistakes (d) blaming the teacher
31. 31.📝 You scored 45 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
32. 32.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
33. 33.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
34. 34.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) blaming the teacher (c) listing your mistakes (d) asking about doubts
35. 35.📝 You scored 52 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
36. 36.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
37. 37.📝 You scored 60 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
38. 38.📝 You scored 13 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
39. 39.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip

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