Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 938 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) tearing up the paper (c) never looking at it (d) comparing with friends
2. 2.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) throw it away (b) look at the mistakes (c) hide it (d) only see the mark
3. 3.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) hiding the paper (c) asking about doubts (d) comparing with friends
5. 5.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
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) hiding the paper (c) updating your plan (d) praising your effort
7. 7.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
8. 8.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) writing faster (b) skipping numbers (c) a unit check at the end (d) hoping for luck
9. 9.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) comparing with friends (c) hiding the paper (d) updating your plan
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) updating your plan (c) blaming the teacher (d) giving up the subject
11. 11.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) quit the subject (b) a chance to improve (c) the end of the year (d) you can never do it
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) giving up the subject (c) listing your mistakes (d) praising your effort
14. 14.📝 You scored 52 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
15. 15.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
16. 16.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
17. 17.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
19. 19.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote the right answer in the wrong box. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
20. 20.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a time problem (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
21. 21.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
22. 22.🔍 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 careless slip (d) a time problem
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) praising your effort (c) tearing up the paper (d) redoing wrong sums
24. 24.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 1 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
25. 25.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
26. 26.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 8 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
27. 27.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 6 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
28. 28.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
29. 29.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
30. 30.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) asking about doubts (b) noting weak topics (c) giving up the subject (d) praising your effort
31. 31.📝 In a test you lost 6 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 8 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
32. 32.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) on your hand (b) a mistakes notebook (c) nowhere (d) in your head only
33. 33.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) listing your mistakes (c) never looking at it (d) giving up the subject
34. 34.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
35. 35.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
36. 36.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) yes, for hours (b) yes, and worry (c) argue about each (d) no, rest and move on
37. 37.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
38. 38.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 8 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
39. 39.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 4 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
40. 40.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True

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