Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 87 · 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.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) blaming the teacher (c) comparing with friends (d) giving up the subject
2. 2.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
3. 3.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) you can never do it (b) the end of the year (c) quit the subject (d) a chance to improve
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) listing your mistakes (c) giving up the subject (d) praising your effort
5. 5.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
6. 6.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks 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?
7. 7.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📝 You scored 21 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
9. 9.🔁 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
10. 10.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) asking about doubts (c) updating your plan (d) comparing with friends
11. 11.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) praising your effort (c) listing your mistakes (d) blaming the teacher
12. 12.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
13. 13.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) writing faster (b) a unit check at the end (c) hoping for luck (d) skipping numbers
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) asking about doubts (c) listing your mistakes (d) blaming the teacher
15. 15.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) redoing wrong sums (c) asking about doubts (d) listing your mistakes
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) redoing wrong sums (c) never looking at it (d) asking about doubts
17. 17.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) blaming the teacher (c) never looking at it (d) noting weak topics
18. 18.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
21. 21.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
22. 22.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
23. 23.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
24. 24.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) noting weak topics (c) giving up the subject (d) listing your mistakes
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) asking about doubts (c) listing your mistakes (d) tearing up the paper
27. 27.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) praising your effort (c) blaming the teacher (d) giving up the subject
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) giving up the subject (c) tearing up the paper (d) comparing with friends
30. 30.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
31. 31.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: giving up the subject? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
32. 32.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
33. 33.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
34. 34.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 4 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
35. 35.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
36. 36.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) praising your effort (c) listing your mistakes (d) hiding the paper
37. 37.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
38. 38.📝 You scored 36 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
39. 39.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote the right answer in the wrong box. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the paper (b) hiding the paper (c) blaming the teacher (d) praising your effort

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