Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 645 · 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.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote the right answer in the wrong box. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
2. 2.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
3. 3.📝 You scored 64 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) hiding the paper (c) never looking at it (d) giving up the subject
5. 5.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) giving up the subject (c) never looking at it (d) blaming the teacher
6. 6.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) listing your mistakes (c) giving up the subject (d) praising your effort
7. 7.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) never looking at it (c) comparing with friends (d) tearing up the paper
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.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) quit the subject (b) a chance to improve (c) you can never do it (d) the end of the year
10. 10.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) updating your plan (c) redoing wrong sums (d) tearing up the paper
11. 11.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) blaming the teacher (c) updating your plan (d) redoing wrong sums
12. 12.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
13. 13.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
14. 14.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
15. 15.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) yes, for hours (b) yes, and worry (c) no, rest and move on (d) argue about each
16. 16.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) redoing wrong sums (c) praising your effort (d) updating your plan
18. 18.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
19. 19.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) asking about doubts (c) blaming the teacher (d) listing your mistakes
21. 21.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) throw it away (b) hide it (c) look at the mistakes (d) only see the mark
22. 22.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
23. 23.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
24. 24.🔍 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 misread question (d) a concept gap
25. 25.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
27. 27.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: giving up the subject? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
28. 28.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
29. 29.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) asking about doubts (c) redoing wrong sums (d) hiding the paper
30. 30.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
31. 31.📝 In a test you lost 6 marks to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 7 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) praising your effort (c) updating your plan (d) tearing up the paper
33. 33.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
35. 35.📝 You scored 14 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
36. 36.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) never looking at it (c) giving up the subject (d) asking about doubts
38. 38.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step

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