Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 956 · 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.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 8 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
2. 2.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
3. 3.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) quit the subject (b) the end of the year (c) you can never do it (d) a chance to improve
5. 5.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) only see the mark (b) throw it away (c) look at the mistakes (d) hide it
7. 7.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) updating your plan (c) noting weak topics (d) giving up the subject
8. 8.📝 You scored 20 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
9. 9.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
10. 10.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) listing your mistakes (c) hiding the paper (d) redoing wrong sums
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) updating your plan (c) comparing with friends (d) never looking at it
12. 12.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) blaming the teacher (c) listing your mistakes (d) comparing with friends
14. 14.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 5 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
16. 16.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) skipping numbers (b) a unit check at the end (c) writing faster (d) hoping for luck
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) noting weak topics (c) comparing with friends (d) never looking at it
18. 18.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
20. 20.📝 You scored 16 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) redoing wrong sums (c) updating your plan (d) listing your mistakes
22. 22.📝 In a test you lost 6 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?
23. 23.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) comparing with friends (c) hiding the paper (d) giving up the subject
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) praising your effort (c) listing your mistakes (d) redoing wrong sums
26. 26.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) giving up the subject (c) redoing wrong sums (d) hiding the paper
27. 27.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) no, rest and move on (b) argue about each (c) yes, for hours (d) yes, and worry
28. 28.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to waste time (b) to change the mark (c) to copy answers (d) to fix the gap
29. 29.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
31. 31.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) praising your effort (c) listing your mistakes (d) tearing up the paper
33. 33.🔍 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
34. 34.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) nowhere (b) on your hand (c) a mistakes notebook (d) in your head only
35. 35.📝 You scored 7 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
36. 36.📝 You scored 16 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
37. 37.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
38. 38.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) hiding the paper (c) tearing up the paper (d) noting weak topics
40. 40.🔍 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

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