Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 828 · 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.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) a unit check at the end (b) hoping for luck (c) writing faster (d) skipping numbers
2. 2.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks 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?
3. 3.🔍 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 time problem (d) a careless slip
4. 4.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
5. 5.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
6. 6.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) redoing wrong sums (c) blaming the teacher (d) asking about doubts
7. 7.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
9. 9.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) comparing with friends (c) hiding the paper (d) never looking at it
10. 10.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks 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?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) redoing wrong sums (c) asking about doubts (d) blaming the teacher
12. 12.📝 You scored 13 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) listing your mistakes (c) redoing wrong sums (d) giving up the subject
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) never looking at it (c) listing your mistakes (d) blaming the teacher
15. 15.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
16. 16.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
17. 17.📝 You scored 18 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
18. 18.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote the right answer in the wrong box. (a) a time problem (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) hiding the paper (c) tearing up the paper (d) updating your plan
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) hiding the paper (c) asking about doubts (d) never looking at it
21. 21.📝 You scored 30 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
22. 22.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
23. 23.📝 You scored 18 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
24. 24.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) throw it away (b) hide it (c) only see the mark (d) look at the mistakes
25. 25.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) noting weak topics (c) never looking at it (d) tearing up the paper
26. 26.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 5 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.📝 You scored 68 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
28. 28.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
29. 29.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) you can never do it (b) the end of the year (c) a chance to improve (d) quit the subject
30. 30.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
32. 32.📝 You scored 20 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
33. 33.📝 You scored 22 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
34. 34.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
35. 35.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) listing your mistakes (c) hiding the paper (d) asking about doubts
36. 36.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) blaming the teacher (c) listing your mistakes (d) tearing up the paper
38. 38.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
39. 39.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True

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