Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 63 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) redoing wrong sums (c) hiding the paper (d) updating your plan
2. 2.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) praising your effort (b) blaming the teacher (c) hiding the paper (d) tearing up the paper
3. 3.🔍 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
4. 4.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
5. 5.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 5 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
7. 7.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) hoping for luck (b) writing faster (c) skipping numbers (d) a unit check at the end
8. 8.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) a mistakes notebook (b) in your head only (c) on your hand (d) nowhere
9. 9.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 6 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.📝 You scored 27 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) updating your plan (c) comparing with friends (d) noting weak topics
12. 12.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) praising your effort (b) redoing wrong sums (c) tearing up the paper (d) listing your mistakes
13. 13.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
15. 15.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
16. 16.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) redoing wrong sums (c) listing your mistakes (d) blaming the teacher
18. 18.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
20. 20.📝 You scored 17 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
21. 21.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
22. 22.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 7 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) hiding the paper (c) giving up the subject (d) asking about doubts
24. 24.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) asking about doubts (c) comparing with friends (d) listing your mistakes
25. 25.📝 You scored 16 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
26. 26.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) redoing wrong sums (c) blaming the teacher (d) comparing with friends
28. 28.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
29. 29.🔍 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
30. 30.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) noting weak topics (c) blaming the teacher (d) never looking at it
31. 31.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
32. 32.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote the right answer in the wrong box. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
34. 34.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 8 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
35. 35.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) never looking at it (c) redoing wrong sums (d) asking about doubts
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) tearing up the paper (c) giving up the subject (d) listing your mistakes
37. 37.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
38. 38.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
39. 39.📝 In a test you lost 4 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?
40. 40.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True

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