Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 818 · 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.📝 In a test you lost 6 marks to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 4 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
2. 2.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) praising your effort (c) redoing wrong sums (d) noting weak topics
4. 4.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
5. 5.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
6. 6.📝 In a test you lost 2 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?
7. 7.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) argue about each (b) yes, and worry (c) no, rest and move on (d) yes, for hours
8. 8.🔍 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 misread question (d) a time problem
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) tearing up the paper (c) blaming the teacher (d) redoing wrong sums
10. 10.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) writing faster (b) skipping numbers (c) hoping for luck (d) a unit check at the end
11. 11.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the paper (b) never looking at it (c) noting weak topics (d) comparing with friends
13. 13.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) tearing up the paper (c) blaming the teacher (d) giving up the subject
14. 14.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) a mistakes notebook (b) nowhere (c) in your head only (d) on your hand
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) tearing up the paper (c) hiding the paper (d) comparing with friends
16. 16.🔍 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
17. 17.🔍 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
18. 18.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) hiding the paper (c) blaming the teacher (d) updating your plan
19. 19.📝 In a test you lost 6 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
20. 20.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) redoing wrong sums (c) asking about doubts (d) tearing up the paper
21. 21.📝 You scored 14 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) updating your plan (c) redoing wrong sums (d) hiding the paper
23. 23.📝 You scored 24 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) praising your effort (c) comparing with friends (d) noting weak topics
25. 25.📝 In a test you lost 4 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?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the paper (b) updating your plan (c) never looking at it (d) hiding the paper
27. 27.📝 You scored 52 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
28. 28.📝 You scored 44 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
29. 29.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) giving up the subject (b) hiding the paper (c) never looking at it (d) praising your effort
30. 30.🔍 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
31. 31.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) the end of the year (b) a chance to improve (c) you can never do it (d) quit the subject
32. 32.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) praising your effort (c) giving up the subject (d) hiding the paper
34. 34.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question
37. 37.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) hiding the paper (c) giving up the subject (d) asking about doubts
38. 38.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: giving up the subject? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
39. 39.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) giving up the subject (c) praising your effort (d) updating your plan
40. 40.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) look at the mistakes (b) only see the mark (c) hide it (d) throw it away

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