Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 667 · 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 could not explain how a lever works. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
2. 2.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) asking about doubts (c) giving up the subject (d) comparing with friends
4. 4.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) praising your effort (c) hiding the paper (d) giving up the subject
5. 5.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
6. 6.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
7. 7.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to change the mark (b) to waste time (c) to copy answers (d) to fix the gap
9. 9.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
10. 10.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) giving up the subject (c) listing your mistakes (d) praising your effort
11. 11.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You gave three points when it asked for five. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
12. 12.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
13. 13.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
14. 14.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
15. 15.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
16. 16.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
17. 17.📝 You scored 40 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
18. 18.📝 You scored 8 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
19. 19.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) in your head only (b) a mistakes notebook (c) on your hand (d) nowhere
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) blaming the teacher (c) listing your mistakes (d) noting weak topics
22. 22.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) hiding the paper (c) blaming the teacher (d) tearing up the paper
23. 23.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) listing your mistakes (c) hiding the paper (d) never looking at it
24. 24.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
25. 25.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) asking about doubts (c) never looking at it (d) hiding the paper
27. 27.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) hiding the paper (c) updating your plan (d) blaming the teacher
28. 28.📝 You scored 18 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
29. 29.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
30. 30.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
32. 32.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
33. 33.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 7 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
35. 35.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 7 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the paper (b) updating your plan (c) redoing wrong sums (d) praising your effort
37. 37.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) blaming the teacher (c) redoing wrong sums (d) listing your mistakes
38. 38.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
39. 39.📝 You scored 13 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
40. 40.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step

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