Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 772 · 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: tearing up the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
2. 2.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) a mistakes notebook (b) on your hand (c) in your head only (d) nowhere
3. 3.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 7 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
4. 4.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 6 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
5. 5.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) you can never do it (b) quit the subject (c) the end of the year (d) a chance to improve
6. 6.🔍 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 misread question (d) a careless slip
7. 7.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
8. 8.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) hide it (b) only see the mark (c) throw it away (d) look at the mistakes
10. 10.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) redoing wrong sums (c) listing your mistakes (d) comparing with friends
11. 11.📝 You scored 25 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) comparing with friends (c) never looking at it (d) tearing up the paper
13. 13.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
14. 14.📝 In a test you lost 5 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?
15. 15.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
16. 16.🔁 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
17. 17.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) hiding the paper (c) never looking at it (d) redoing wrong sums
19. 19.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
20. 20.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) listing your mistakes (c) praising your effort (d) never looking at it
22. 22.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) giving up the subject (b) noting weak topics (c) hiding the paper (d) comparing with friends
23. 23.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) redoing wrong sums (c) tearing up the paper (d) praising your effort
24. 24.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) hiding the paper (c) giving up the subject (d) noting weak topics
26. 26.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
27. 27.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) no, rest and move on (b) argue about each (c) yes, and worry (d) yes, for hours
28. 28.📝 You scored 15 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) giving up the subject (c) blaming the teacher (d) hiding the paper
30. 30.📝 You scored 52 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
31. 31.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
32. 32.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) comparing with friends (c) giving up the subject (d) tearing up the paper
35. 35.📝 You scored 23 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) giving up the subject (c) asking about doubts (d) praising your effort
37. 37.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) hoping for luck (b) a unit check at the end (c) skipping numbers (d) writing faster

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