Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 661 · 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.🔁 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
2. 2.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) in your head only (b) nowhere (c) a mistakes notebook (d) on your hand
3. 3.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) tearing up the paper (c) asking about doubts (d) never looking at it
4. 4.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
5. 5.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a time problem (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
6. 6.🔍 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
7. 7.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 4 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
8. 8.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) updating your plan (c) hiding the paper (d) blaming the teacher
9. 9.📝 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?
10. 10.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) praising your effort (c) noting weak topics (d) tearing up the paper
12. 12.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) giving up the subject (b) comparing with friends (c) blaming the teacher (d) praising your effort
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) blaming the teacher (c) never looking at it (d) comparing with friends
14. 14.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
15. 15.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote the right answer in the wrong box. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
16. 16.📝 You scored 17 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
17. 17.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) praising your effort (c) never looking at it (d) asking about doubts
18. 18.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) tearing up the paper (c) giving up the subject (d) comparing with friends
19. 19.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
21. 21.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
22. 22.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) comparing with friends (c) redoing wrong sums (d) blaming the teacher
24. 24.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a time problem (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
25. 25.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
27. 27.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a time problem (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) hiding the paper (c) redoing wrong sums (d) updating your plan
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) redoing wrong sums (c) listing your mistakes (d) noting weak topics
31. 31.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) hoping for luck (b) writing faster (c) skipping numbers (d) a unit check at the end
32. 32.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
33. 33.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
34. 34.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) throw it away (b) only see the mark (c) hide it (d) look at the mistakes
37. 37.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You gave three points when it asked for five. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
38. 38.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
39. 39.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) praising your effort (b) redoing wrong sums (c) comparing with friends (d) noting weak topics
40. 40.📝 You scored 10 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?

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