Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 750 · 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.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
2. 2.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
4. 4.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
6. 6.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question
7. 7.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) listing your mistakes (c) blaming the teacher (d) praising your effort
10. 10.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) noting weak topics (c) updating your plan (d) praising your effort
11. 11.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) giving up the subject (b) listing your mistakes (c) comparing with friends (d) never looking at it
12. 12.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) on your hand (b) in your head only (c) nowhere (d) a mistakes notebook
13. 13.🔍 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
14. 14.📝 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?
15. 15.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) only see the mark (b) throw it away (c) look at the mistakes (d) hide it
16. 16.🔁 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
17. 17.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
19. 19.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a time problem (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) comparing with friends (c) hiding the paper (d) updating your plan
21. 21.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) yes, and worry (b) yes, for hours (c) no, rest and move on (d) argue about each
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) updating your plan (c) giving up the subject (d) noting weak topics
23. 23.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
24. 24.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 8 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
25. 25.📝 You scored 16 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
26. 26.📝 You scored 19 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
27. 27.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) giving up the subject (c) comparing with friends (d) redoing wrong sums
28. 28.📝 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?
29. 29.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to copy answers (b) to waste time (c) to change the mark (d) to fix the gap
30. 30.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
32. 32.📝 You scored 13 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
33. 33.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
34. 34.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 6 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
35. 35.📝 You scored 14 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
36. 36.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) listing your mistakes (c) noting weak topics (d) tearing up the paper
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) never looking at it (c) giving up the subject (d) comparing with friends
39. 39.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You gave three points when it asked for five. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem

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