Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 64 · 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) blaming the teacher (b) praising your effort (c) tearing up the paper (d) hiding the paper
2. 2.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
3. 3.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to copy answers (b) to fix the gap (c) to waste time (d) to change the mark
4. 4.🔍 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
5. 5.📝 You scored 18 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
6. 6.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a time problem (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
7. 7.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) hide it (b) look at the mistakes (c) only see the mark (d) throw it away
8. 8.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote the right answer in the wrong box. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
9. 9.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
10. 10.📝 You scored 14 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
11. 11.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
12. 12.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) writing faster (b) skipping numbers (c) a unit check at the end (d) hoping for luck
13. 13.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) never looking at it (c) noting weak topics (d) giving up the subject
16. 16.📝 You scored 14 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) asking about doubts (c) giving up the subject (d) updating your plan
18. 18.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) redoing wrong sums (c) hiding the paper (d) asking about doubts
19. 19.📝 You scored 50 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
20. 20.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
22. 22.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
23. 23.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) asking about doubts (c) hiding the paper (d) blaming the teacher
24. 24.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
25. 25.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks 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?
26. 26.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) giving up the subject (c) comparing with friends (d) listing your mistakes
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) redoing wrong sums (c) updating your plan (d) never looking at it
29. 29.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📝 You scored 28 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
31. 31.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) listing your mistakes (c) noting weak topics (d) praising your effort
32. 32.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) giving up the subject (c) updating your plan (d) blaming the teacher
33. 33.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) noting weak topics (c) updating your plan (d) asking about doubts
35. 35.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
36. 36.📝 You scored 16 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
37. 37.📝 You scored 33 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
38. 38.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
39. 39.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 6 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) listing your mistakes (c) praising your effort (d) blaming the teacher

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