Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 85 · 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.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) updating your plan (c) giving up the subject (d) listing your mistakes
5. 5.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) asking about doubts (b) tearing up the paper (c) redoing wrong sums (d) updating your plan
6. 6.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to change the mark (b) to fix the gap (c) to copy answers (d) to waste time
7. 7.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) giving up the subject (c) hiding the paper (d) listing your mistakes
8. 8.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 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 misread question (d) a time problem
11. 11.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📝 You scored 60 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
14. 14.📝 You scored 38 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
15. 15.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) hide it (b) only see the mark (c) throw it away (d) look at the mistakes
16. 16.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
17. 17.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) quit the subject (b) the end of the year (c) a chance to improve (d) you can never do it
18. 18.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) praising your effort (c) blaming the teacher (d) tearing up the paper
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the paper (b) noting weak topics (c) blaming the teacher (d) comparing with friends
20. 20.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) redoing wrong sums (c) blaming the teacher (d) noting weak topics
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) tearing up the paper (c) hiding the paper (d) giving up the subject
23. 23.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
25. 25.📝 In a test you lost 6 marks 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?
26. 26.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
27. 27.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📝 You scored 18 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
29. 29.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) redoing wrong sums (c) updating your plan (d) comparing with friends
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) updating your plan (c) asking about doubts (d) never looking at it
31. 31.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) hoping for luck (b) writing faster (c) skipping numbers (d) a unit check at the end
33. 33.🔍 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
34. 34.📝 You scored 22 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
35. 35.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) blaming the teacher (c) comparing with friends (d) hiding the paper
39. 39.📝 You scored 38 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
40. 40.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap

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