Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 674 · 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.🔁 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
2. 2.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
3. 3.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
4. 4.📝 You scored 15 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
5. 5.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) asking about doubts (c) comparing with friends (d) praising your effort
6. 6.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
7. 7.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
8. 8.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) updating your plan (c) giving up the subject (d) never looking at it
10. 10.📝 You scored 30 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) blaming the teacher (c) hiding the paper (d) tearing up the paper
12. 12.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
13. 13.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
14. 14.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
15. 15.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) listing your mistakes (c) praising your effort (d) redoing wrong sums
16. 16.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) hoping for luck (b) skipping numbers (c) a unit check at the end (d) writing faster
17. 17.📝 In a test you lost 6 marks to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) asking about doubts (c) updating your plan (d) listing your mistakes
19. 19.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
20. 20.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) updating your plan (c) asking about doubts (d) noting weak topics
21. 21.📝 You scored 36 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) never looking at it (c) redoing wrong sums (d) blaming the teacher
23. 23.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
24. 24.📝 You scored 20 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) asking about doubts (c) listing your mistakes (d) updating your plan
26. 26.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) no, rest and move on (b) yes, and worry (c) argue about each (d) yes, for hours
27. 27.📝 You scored 16 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
28. 28.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
29. 29.📝 You scored 14 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) comparing with friends (c) never looking at it (d) listing your mistakes
31. 31.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) hide it (b) throw it away (c) look at the mistakes (d) only see the mark
34. 34.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 4 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
35. 35.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
36. 36.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
37. 37.📝 You scored 34 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
38. 38.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) hiding the paper (c) asking about doubts (d) tearing up the paper
40. 40.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: giving up the subject? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step

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