Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 782 · 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 an unhelpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) listing your mistakes (c) praising your effort (d) redoing wrong sums
2. 2.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
3. 3.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) nowhere (b) on your hand (c) in your head only (d) a mistakes notebook
4. 4.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) skipping numbers (b) writing faster (c) a unit check at the end (d) hoping for luck
5. 5.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: giving up the subject? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
6. 6.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
8. 8.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a misread question
9. 9.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 8 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
10. 10.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
11. 11.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) asking about doubts (c) comparing with friends (d) giving up the subject
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) hiding the paper (c) comparing with friends (d) listing your mistakes
13. 13.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
14. 14.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) a chance to improve (b) the end of the year (c) you can never do it (d) quit the subject
15. 15.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) argue about each (b) yes, and worry (c) yes, for hours (d) no, rest and move on
16. 16.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
17. 17.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question
18. 18.📝 You scored 22 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
19. 19.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
21. 21.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) updating your plan (c) asking about doubts (d) comparing with friends
23. 23.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) giving up the subject (b) comparing with friends (c) blaming the teacher (d) redoing wrong sums
24. 24.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 2 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.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) listing your mistakes (c) hiding the paper (d) blaming the teacher
26. 26.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 7 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
27. 27.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to fix the gap (b) to change the mark (c) to copy answers (d) to waste time
28. 28.📝 You scored 17 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
29. 29.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
30. 30.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
32. 32.📝 You scored 28 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) redoing wrong sums (c) noting weak topics (d) updating your plan
34. 34.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
35. 35.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) noting weak topics (c) hiding the paper (d) asking about doubts
37. 37.📝 In a test you lost 2 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?
38. 38.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a misread question
39. 39.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) throw it away (b) only see the mark (c) look at the mistakes (d) hide it
40. 40.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step

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