Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 639 · 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) redoing wrong sums (b) noting weak topics (c) blaming the teacher (d) updating your plan
2. 2.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 7 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
3. 3.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) updating your plan (c) hiding the paper (d) giving up the subject
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 time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a misread question
5. 5.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) praising your effort (c) listing your mistakes (d) noting weak topics
6. 6.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) comparing with friends (c) listing your mistakes (d) giving up the subject
7. 7.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark 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?
9. 9.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📝 You scored 10 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
11. 11.📝 You scored 64 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
12. 12.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
13. 13.📝 You scored 16 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
14. 14.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) asking about doubts (b) hiding the paper (c) tearing up the paper (d) never looking at it
15. 15.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) never looking at it (c) comparing with friends (d) hiding the paper
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) asking about doubts (c) redoing wrong sums (d) comparing with friends
18. 18.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a misread question
19. 19.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: giving up the subject? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
21. 21.📝 You scored 16 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
22. 22.📝 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?
23. 23.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
24. 24.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) hiding the paper (c) giving up the subject (d) noting weak topics
25. 25.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to change the mark (b) to waste time (c) to copy answers (d) to fix the gap
27. 27.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
28. 28.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
29. 29.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) hide it (b) only see the mark (c) throw it away (d) look at the mistakes
30. 30.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) quit the subject (b) you can never do it (c) the end of the year (d) a chance to improve
31. 31.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) tearing up the paper (c) asking about doubts (d) listing your mistakes
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) redoing wrong sums (c) tearing up the paper (d) asking about doubts
33. 33.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) never looking at it (c) asking about doubts (d) updating your plan
34. 34.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
35. 35.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question
36. 36.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a time problem (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
37. 37.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 5 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
39. 39.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) noting weak topics (c) listing your mistakes (d) redoing wrong sums
40. 40.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step

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