Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 653 · 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.📝 You scored 16 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
2. 2.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) never looking at it (c) giving up the subject (d) tearing up the paper
3. 3.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
4. 4.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
6. 6.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
8. 8.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
9. 9.🔁 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
10. 10.📝 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?
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) redoing wrong sums (c) listing your mistakes (d) asking about doubts
13. 13.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) asking about doubts (c) updating your plan (d) redoing wrong sums
15. 15.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) redoing wrong sums (c) hiding the paper (d) comparing with friends
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) comparing with friends (c) asking about doubts (d) hiding the paper
17. 17.📝 You scored 14 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
18. 18.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 6 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
19. 19.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) comparing with friends (c) giving up the subject (d) hiding the paper
20. 20.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
21. 21.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
22. 22.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
23. 23.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: giving up the subject? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the paper (b) asking about doubts (c) listing your mistakes (d) updating your plan
25. 25.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) asking about doubts (c) listing your mistakes (d) redoing wrong sums
26. 26.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
28. 28.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
29. 29.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) on your hand (b) in your head only (c) a mistakes notebook (d) nowhere
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) giving up the subject (c) hiding the paper (d) comparing with friends
31. 31.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) asking about doubts (c) praising your effort (d) blaming the teacher
33. 33.📝 You scored 7 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
34. 34.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
35. 35.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) yes, for hours (b) no, rest and move on (c) argue about each (d) yes, and worry
36. 36.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) a unit check at the end (b) writing faster (c) skipping numbers (d) hoping for luck
37. 37.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) praising your effort (b) noting weak topics (c) never looking at it (d) listing your mistakes
38. 38.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
39. 39.📝 You scored 40 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
40. 40.📝 You scored 42 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?

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