Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 619 · 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 1 mark to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 1 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
2. 2.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
3. 3.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
4. 4.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) on your hand (b) a mistakes notebook (c) in your head only (d) nowhere
5. 5.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You gave three points when it asked for five. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) never looking at it (c) blaming the teacher (d) redoing wrong sums
7. 7.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
8. 8.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
9. 9.📝 You scored 11 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
10. 10.🔁 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
11. 11.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote the right answer in the wrong box. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question
12. 12.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) skipping numbers (b) writing faster (c) hoping for luck (d) a unit check at the end
13. 13.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) hiding the paper (c) praising your effort (d) tearing up the paper
14. 14.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) argue about each (b) yes, and worry (c) no, rest and move on (d) yes, for hours
15. 15.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
17. 17.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
18. 18.📝 You scored 13 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
19. 19.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) giving up the subject (c) listing your mistakes (d) asking about doubts
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) noting weak topics (c) praising your effort (d) listing your mistakes
21. 21.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
22. 22.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
23. 23.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to copy answers (b) to change the mark (c) to fix the gap (d) to waste time
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) tearing up the paper (c) asking about doubts (d) updating your plan
25. 25.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
26. 26.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
27. 27.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a time problem (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) comparing with friends (c) listing your mistakes (d) praising your effort
29. 29.📝 You scored 9 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
30. 30.📝 You scored 24 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
31. 31.📝 You scored 72 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
32. 32.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) tearing up the paper (c) hiding the paper (d) asking about doubts
33. 33.🔍 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 concept gap (d) a misread question
34. 34.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) giving up the subject (c) never looking at it (d) tearing up the paper
35. 35.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📝 You scored 76 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
37. 37.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark 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?
38. 38.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
40. 40.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap

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