Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 701 · 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) blaming the teacher (b) praising your effort (c) never looking at it (d) tearing up the paper
2. 2.📝 You scored 13 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) updating your plan (c) praising your effort (d) never looking at it
4. 4.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to copy answers (b) to change the mark (c) to fix the gap (d) to waste time
5. 5.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
6. 6.📝 You scored 24 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
7. 7.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
8. 8.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) in your head only (b) nowhere (c) on your hand (d) a mistakes notebook
10. 10.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) throw it away (b) only see the mark (c) hide it (d) look at the mistakes
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) asking about doubts (c) blaming the teacher (d) praising your effort
12. 12.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) updating your plan (c) giving up the subject (d) tearing up the paper
14. 14.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
16. 16.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) skipping numbers (b) hoping for luck (c) a unit check at the end (d) writing faster
18. 18.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
19. 19.📝 You scored 10 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
20. 20.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📝 You scored 16 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
23. 23.📝 You scored 52 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
24. 24.📝 In a test you lost 5 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?
25. 25.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) blaming the teacher (c) never looking at it (d) redoing wrong sums
27. 27.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 7 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
28. 28.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
29. 29.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 5 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
31. 31.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote the right answer in the wrong box. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
32. 32.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) listing your mistakes (c) hiding the paper (d) redoing wrong sums
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) praising your effort (c) giving up the subject (d) asking about doubts
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) tearing up the paper (c) never looking at it (d) giving up the subject
35. 35.📝 You scored 72 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
36. 36.📝 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?
37. 37.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) a chance to improve (b) you can never do it (c) quit the subject (d) the end of the year
38. 38.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
39. 39.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) giving up the subject (c) noting weak topics (d) comparing with friends

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