Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 652 · 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.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
2. 2.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) you can never do it (b) a chance to improve (c) quit the subject (d) the end of the year
3. 3.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
4. 4.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) a unit check at the end (b) skipping numbers (c) hoping for luck (d) writing faster
5. 5.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) yes, for hours (b) argue about each (c) no, rest and move on (d) yes, and worry
6. 6.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
7. 7.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) tearing up the paper (c) noting weak topics (d) praising your effort
8. 8.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) asking about doubts (b) praising your effort (c) hiding the paper (d) listing your mistakes
9. 9.📝 You scored 35 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
10. 10.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) noting weak topics (c) updating your plan (d) hiding the paper
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) comparing with friends (c) listing your mistakes (d) asking about doubts
15. 15.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) giving up the subject (c) noting weak topics (d) hiding the paper
16. 16.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
18. 18.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) only see the mark (b) hide it (c) look at the mistakes (d) throw it away
19. 19.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
20. 20.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) praising your effort (b) redoing wrong sums (c) updating your plan (d) blaming the teacher
21. 21.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a time problem (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
22. 22.📝 You scored 9 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
23. 23.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) listing your mistakes (c) hiding the paper (d) comparing with friends
24. 24.📝 You scored 40 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
25. 25.📝 You scored 13 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the paper (b) listing your mistakes (c) blaming the teacher (d) comparing with friends
27. 27.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📝 You scored 25 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) never looking at it (c) asking about doubts (d) noting weak topics
31. 31.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
32. 32.🔍 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
33. 33.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks 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?
34. 34.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a misread question
35. 35.📝 You scored 22 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
36. 36.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) praising your effort (b) listing your mistakes (c) asking about doubts (d) comparing with friends
37. 37.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
39. 39.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
40. 40.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False

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