Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 86 · 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.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: giving up the subject? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
2. 2.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) quit the subject (b) a chance to improve (c) you can never do it (d) the end of the year
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) asking about doubts (c) giving up the subject (d) blaming the teacher
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) hiding the paper (c) redoing wrong sums (d) listing your mistakes
5. 5.🔁 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
6. 6.📝 You scored 21 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
7. 7.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) blaming the teacher (c) praising your effort (d) listing your mistakes
8. 8.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
9. 9.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
10. 10.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) giving up the subject (c) blaming the teacher (d) listing your mistakes
12. 12.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) blaming the teacher (c) never looking at it (d) noting weak topics
14. 14.📝 You scored 27 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
15. 15.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) redoing wrong sums (c) comparing with friends (d) hiding the paper
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) giving up the subject (c) tearing up the paper (d) blaming the teacher
17. 17.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) on your hand (b) in your head only (c) a mistakes notebook (d) nowhere
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) updating your plan (c) blaming the teacher (d) never looking at it
19. 19.🔍 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
20. 20.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
21. 21.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) look at the mistakes (b) only see the mark (c) throw it away (d) hide it
22. 22.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📝 You scored 13 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
27. 27.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
28. 28.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔁 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
30. 30.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) giving up the subject (b) hiding the paper (c) blaming the teacher (d) updating your plan
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) updating your plan (c) noting weak topics (d) tearing up the paper
32. 32.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) giving up the subject (c) asking about doubts (d) tearing up the paper
33. 33.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
34. 34.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
36. 36.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
37. 37.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
38. 38.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
39. 39.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) argue about each (b) no, rest and move on (c) yes, for hours (d) yes, and worry
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) listing your mistakes (c) redoing wrong sums (d) blaming the teacher

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