Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 989 · 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.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) you can never do it (b) quit the subject (c) a chance to improve (d) the end of the year
2. 2.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
4. 4.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 6 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
5. 5.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) updating your plan (c) listing your mistakes (d) asking about doubts
6. 6.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) giving up the subject (c) hiding the paper (d) redoing wrong sums
7. 7.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) hide it (b) only see the mark (c) throw it away (d) look at the mistakes
8. 8.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
9. 9.📝 You scored 36 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
10. 10.🔍 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 concept gap (d) a misread question
11. 11.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
12. 12.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) redoing wrong sums (c) noting weak topics (d) asking about doubts
13. 13.📝 You scored 7 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) updating your plan (c) blaming the teacher (d) listing your mistakes
15. 15.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
16. 16.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
17. 17.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
19. 19.🔁 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
20. 20.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
21. 21.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: giving up the subject? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
22. 22.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 4 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
25. 25.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a misread question
26. 26.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 1 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
27. 27.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) asking about doubts (b) praising your effort (c) updating your plan (d) hiding the paper
29. 29.🔁 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
30. 30.📝 You scored 20 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
31. 31.🔍 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
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) updating your plan (c) never looking at it (d) hiding the paper
33. 33.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
35. 35.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
36. 36.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) comparing with friends (c) never looking at it (d) asking about doubts
38. 38.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 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 concept gap (d) a careless slip
40. 40.📝 You scored 9 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?

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