Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 930 · 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 an unhelpful step after a test? (a) asking about doubts (b) redoing wrong sums (c) blaming the teacher (d) noting weak topics
2. 2.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
3. 3.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to fix the gap (b) to waste time (c) to copy answers (d) to change the mark
4. 4.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) a chance to improve (b) quit the subject (c) you can never do it (d) the end of the year
5. 5.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
6. 6.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
7. 7.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 1 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
8. 8.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) a unit check at the end (b) writing faster (c) skipping numbers (d) hoping for luck
9. 9.🔍 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
10. 10.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 5 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
11. 11.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks to careless slips, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 8 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
12. 12.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
14. 14.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
15. 15.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) never looking at it (c) redoing wrong sums (d) comparing with friends
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the paper (b) comparing with friends (c) praising your effort (d) blaming the teacher
20. 20.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
23. 23.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 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 careless slip (d) a misread question
25. 25.📝 You scored 31 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
26. 26.📝 You scored 12 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
27. 27.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You gave three points when it asked for five. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
28. 28.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
29. 29.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 6 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
31. 31.📝 You scored 25 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
32. 32.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
33. 33.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) giving up the subject (b) never looking at it (c) redoing wrong sums (d) tearing up the paper
34. 34.📝 In a test you lost 6 marks to careless slips, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 5 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
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.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: giving up the subject? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
37. 37.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) giving up the subject (c) hiding the paper (d) tearing up the paper
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) tearing up the paper (c) listing your mistakes (d) redoing wrong sums

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