Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 690 · 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.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) look at the mistakes (b) hide it (c) throw it away (d) only see the mark
3. 3.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) tearing up the paper (c) asking about doubts (d) redoing wrong sums
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the paper (b) noting weak topics (c) blaming the teacher (d) comparing with friends
5. 5.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) in your head only (b) nowhere (c) on your hand (d) a mistakes notebook
6. 6.📝 You scored 44 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
7. 7.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a time problem (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
8. 8.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks 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?
9. 9.📝 In a test you lost 5 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?
10. 10.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
12. 12.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 1 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
13. 13.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
14. 14.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
15. 15.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 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
17. 17.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
19. 19.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
21. 21.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) you can never do it (b) a chance to improve (c) quit the subject (d) the end of the year
22. 22.📝 You scored 80 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
23. 23.📝 In a test you lost 3 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?
24. 24.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
25. 25.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
26. 26.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
27. 27.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
28. 28.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to waste time (b) to fix the gap (c) to copy answers (d) to change the mark
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) listing your mistakes (c) hiding the paper (d) comparing with friends
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) tearing up the paper (c) never looking at it (d) hiding the paper
31. 31.📝 You scored 18 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
32. 32.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) hiding the paper (c) blaming the teacher (d) comparing with friends
33. 33.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
34. 34.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: giving up the subject? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
35. 35.📝 You scored 17 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) comparing with friends (c) tearing up the paper (d) praising your effort
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) redoing wrong sums (c) listing your mistakes (d) updating your plan
38. 38.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote the right answer in the wrong box. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) never looking at it (c) noting weak topics (d) listing your mistakes
40. 40.🔍 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 time problem (d) a misread question

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