Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 67 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) comparing with friends (c) never looking at it (d) asking about doubts
2. 2.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to change the mark (b) to copy answers (c) to waste time (d) to fix the gap
3. 3.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) asking about doubts (c) blaming the teacher (d) listing your mistakes
5. 5.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) yes, and worry (b) argue about each (c) no, rest and move on (d) yes, for hours
6. 6.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
7. 7.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) listing your mistakes (c) blaming the teacher (d) giving up the subject
9. 9.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
10. 10.📝 In a test you lost 3 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?
11. 11.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) noting weak topics (c) hiding the paper (d) never looking at it
12. 12.📝 You scored 7 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
13. 13.📝 You scored 36 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
14. 14.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) praising your effort (c) updating your plan (d) listing your mistakes
15. 15.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
16. 16.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) hide it (b) throw it away (c) only see the mark (d) look at the mistakes
17. 17.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
18. 18.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) redoing wrong sums (c) tearing up the paper (d) blaming the teacher
19. 19.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) in your head only (b) a mistakes notebook (c) on your hand (d) nowhere
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) never looking at it (c) listing your mistakes (d) asking about doubts
21. 21.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) blaming the teacher (c) listing your mistakes (d) tearing up the paper
23. 23.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) asking about doubts (c) comparing with friends (d) updating your plan
25. 25.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
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 time problem (d) a careless slip
27. 27.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) asking about doubts (c) hiding the paper (d) updating your plan
29. 29.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) noting weak topics (c) listing your mistakes (d) hiding the paper
31. 31.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) praising your effort (b) giving up the subject (c) hiding the paper (d) never looking at it
32. 32.📝 In a test you lost 6 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?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) updating your plan (c) tearing up the paper (d) giving up the subject
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 wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote the right answer in the wrong box. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
37. 37.🔍 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 careless slip (d) a misread question
38. 38.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 1 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
39. 39.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) praising your effort (c) giving up the subject (d) redoing wrong sums
40. 40.📝 You scored 8 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?

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