Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 821 · 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, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 1 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
2. 2.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) you can never do it (b) quit the subject (c) a chance to improve (d) the end of the year
3. 3.📝 You scored 22 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
4. 4.📝 You scored 18 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
5. 5.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a time problem (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
6. 6.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
7. 7.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
8. 8.🔍 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
9. 9.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to waste time (b) to copy answers (c) to fix the gap (d) to change the mark
10. 10.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
11. 11.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
12. 12.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
13. 13.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) a unit check at the end (b) writing faster (c) hoping for luck (d) skipping numbers
14. 14.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) hiding the paper (c) tearing up the paper (d) listing your mistakes
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) redoing wrong sums (c) updating your plan (d) listing your mistakes
17. 17.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) giving up the subject (b) tearing up the paper (c) redoing wrong sums (d) comparing with friends
18. 18.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
19. 19.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) giving up the subject (c) redoing wrong sums (d) comparing with friends
22. 22.📝 You scored 8 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
23. 23.🔁 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
24. 24.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a time problem (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
26. 26.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
27. 27.📝 You scored 25 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
28. 28.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) asking about doubts (b) giving up the subject (c) redoing wrong sums (d) updating your plan
29. 29.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) on your hand (b) nowhere (c) in your head only (d) a mistakes notebook
30. 30.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) hiding the paper (c) updating your plan (d) never looking at it
31. 31.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) blaming the teacher (c) listing your mistakes (d) hiding the paper
32. 32.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📝 You scored 50 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
34. 34.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) praising your effort (b) comparing with friends (c) listing your mistakes (d) redoing wrong sums
35. 35.📝 You scored 10 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
36. 36.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
37. 37.📝 You scored 16 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
38. 38.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
39. 39.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📝 You scored 10 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?

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