Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 859 · 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) writing faster (b) skipping numbers (c) hoping for luck (d) a unit check at the end
2. 2.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 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
4. 4.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the paper (b) never looking at it (c) updating your plan (d) hiding the paper
6. 6.📝 You scored 38 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
7. 7.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
8. 8.🔁 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
9. 9.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) on your hand (b) a mistakes notebook (c) nowhere (d) in your head only
10. 10.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
12. 12.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
13. 13.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) asking about doubts (c) hiding the paper (d) updating your plan
14. 14.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks to careless slips, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
15. 15.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
16. 16.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) updating your plan (c) redoing wrong sums (d) never looking at it
17. 17.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 1 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
18. 18.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a misread question
19. 19.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 1 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) never looking at it (c) praising your effort (d) listing your mistakes
21. 21.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
22. 22.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
23. 23.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) hiding the paper (c) noting weak topics (d) comparing with friends
25. 25.🔍 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
26. 26.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) tearing up the paper (c) never looking at it (d) asking about doubts
27. 27.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) blaming the teacher (c) giving up the subject (d) praising your effort
28. 28.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) the end of the year (b) quit the subject (c) a chance to improve (d) you can never do it
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) blaming the teacher (c) giving up the subject (d) praising your effort
31. 31.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) comparing with friends (c) updating your plan (d) redoing wrong sums
33. 33.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) never looking at it (c) comparing with friends (d) hiding the paper
34. 34.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
35. 35.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 1 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
38. 38.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) listing your mistakes (c) giving up the subject (d) noting weak topics
39. 39.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) redoing wrong sums (c) praising your effort (d) updating your plan
40. 40.📝 You scored 9 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?

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