Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 82 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) hiding the paper (c) noting weak topics (d) listing your mistakes
2. 2.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
3. 3.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
4. 4.📝 You scored 8 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
5. 5.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) in your head only (b) nowhere (c) a mistakes notebook (d) on your hand
6. 6.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) hoping for luck (b) writing faster (c) a unit check at the end (d) skipping numbers
7. 7.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) comparing with friends (c) giving up the subject (d) praising your effort
9. 9.📝 You scored 9 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
10. 10.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question
11. 11.📝 In a test you lost 6 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 4 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
12. 12.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) asking about doubts (c) redoing wrong sums (d) hiding the paper
13. 13.📝 You scored 60 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
14. 14.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 5 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
15. 15.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
17. 17.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote the right answer in the wrong box. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
19. 19.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
20. 20.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
21. 21.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) listing your mistakes (c) hiding the paper (d) giving up the subject
22. 22.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) giving up the subject (c) hiding the paper (d) never looking at it
23. 23.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark 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?
24. 24.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
25. 25.🔁 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
26. 26.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
27. 27.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
28. 28.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
29. 29.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) hide it (b) look at the mistakes (c) throw it away (d) only see the mark
30. 30.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) giving up the subject (c) asking about doubts (d) tearing up the paper
33. 33.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📝 You scored 16 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
35. 35.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) updating your plan (c) asking about doubts (d) comparing with friends
36. 36.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark 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?
37. 37.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to change the mark (b) to copy answers (c) to waste time (d) to fix the gap
39. 39.🔁 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
40. 40.📝 You scored 10 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?

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