Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 745 · 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 of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) blaming the teacher (c) noting weak topics (d) never looking at it
2. 2.🔍 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 concept gap (d) a careless slip
3. 3.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
4. 4.📝 You scored 17 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
5. 5.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 5 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
6. 6.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You gave three points when it asked for five. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
7. 7.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
8. 8.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) updating your plan (c) redoing wrong sums (d) blaming the teacher
10. 10.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) giving up the subject (c) hiding the paper (d) blaming the teacher
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) praising your effort (c) asking about doubts (d) never looking at it
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) asking about doubts (c) redoing wrong sums (d) comparing with friends
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) tearing up the paper (c) updating your plan (d) asking about doubts
15. 15.📝 You scored 17 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
16. 16.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) redoing wrong sums (c) tearing up the paper (d) hiding the paper
17. 17.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to fix the gap (b) to waste time (c) to change the mark (d) to copy answers
18. 18.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) a mistakes notebook (b) in your head only (c) nowhere (d) on your hand
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the paper (b) comparing with friends (c) giving up the subject (d) updating your plan
20. 20.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
21. 21.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
22. 22.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
23. 23.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) listing your mistakes (c) tearing up the paper (d) blaming the teacher
24. 24.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
25. 25.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
26. 26.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
27. 27.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 5 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
28. 28.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
29. 29.📝 You scored 40 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
30. 30.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) only see the mark (b) throw it away (c) hide it (d) look at the mistakes
32. 32.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
33. 33.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 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
36. 36.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) blaming the teacher (c) listing your mistakes (d) comparing with friends
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) praising your effort (c) hiding the paper (d) listing your mistakes
39. 39.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
40. 40.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) you can never do it (b) the end of the year (c) quit the subject (d) a chance to improve

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