Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 668 · 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 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
2. 2.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
3. 3.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) yes, and worry (b) no, rest and move on (c) argue about each (d) yes, for hours
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) listing your mistakes (c) comparing with friends (d) updating your plan
5. 5.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) giving up the subject (c) listing your mistakes (d) comparing with friends
6. 6.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) hide it (b) only see the mark (c) throw it away (d) look at the mistakes
7. 7.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
8. 8.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) quit the subject (b) a chance to improve (c) the end of the year (d) you can never do it
9. 9.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to change the mark (b) to waste time (c) to fix the gap (d) to copy answers
10. 10.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
11. 11.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 1 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
12. 12.🔍 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
13. 13.📝 You scored 36 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
14. 14.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) praising your effort (c) tearing up the paper (d) giving up the subject
16. 16.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) noting weak topics (c) redoing wrong sums (d) giving up the subject
17. 17.📝 You scored 48 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
18. 18.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
19. 19.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) hiding the paper (c) comparing with friends (d) blaming the teacher
21. 21.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) nowhere (b) on your hand (c) in your head only (d) a mistakes notebook
22. 22.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
23. 23.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) praising your effort (b) listing your mistakes (c) never looking at it (d) redoing wrong sums
24. 24.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 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 time problem (d) a misread question
26. 26.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) comparing with friends (c) hiding the paper (d) asking about doubts
28. 28.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 1 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
29. 29.📝 You scored 68 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
30. 30.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) asking about doubts (c) listing your mistakes (d) redoing wrong sums
31. 31.🔍 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
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) asking about doubts (c) hiding the paper (d) praising your effort
33. 33.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) noting weak topics (c) listing your mistakes (d) praising your effort
34. 34.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) updating your plan (c) listing your mistakes (d) noting weak topics
35. 35.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) never looking at it (c) noting weak topics (d) giving up the subject
37. 37.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
38. 38.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
40. 40.📝 In a test you lost 4 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?

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