Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 991 · 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.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) hoping for luck (b) writing faster (c) skipping numbers (d) a unit check at the end
2. 2.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) only see the mark (b) throw it away (c) hide it (d) look at the mistakes
3. 3.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 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
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) asking about doubts (c) listing your mistakes (d) hiding the paper
6. 6.🔍 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
7. 7.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) comparing with friends (c) noting weak topics (d) tearing up the paper
8. 8.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) listing your mistakes (c) redoing wrong sums (d) noting weak topics
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) comparing with friends (c) updating your plan (d) praising your effort
10. 10.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 6 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
11. 11.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
12. 12.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a misread question
13. 13.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) praising your effort (b) never looking at it (c) blaming the teacher (d) tearing up the paper
14. 14.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
15. 15.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) hiding the paper (c) asking about doubts (d) noting weak topics
16. 16.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
17. 17.📝 You scored 40 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
18. 18.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) giving up the subject (c) praising your effort (d) updating your plan
20. 20.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) on your hand (b) nowhere (c) in your head only (d) a mistakes notebook
21. 21.📝 In a test you lost 4 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?
22. 22.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) updating your plan (c) giving up the subject (d) blaming the teacher
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) asking about doubts (c) praising your effort (d) blaming the teacher
25. 25.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) giving up the subject (c) tearing up the paper (d) noting weak topics
28. 28.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) listing your mistakes (c) praising your effort (d) comparing with friends
30. 30.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
32. 32.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 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
34. 34.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
35. 35.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to copy answers (b) to change the mark (c) to fix the gap (d) to waste time
36. 36.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) asking about doubts (b) giving up the subject (c) updating your plan (d) listing your mistakes
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) comparing with friends (c) asking about doubts (d) never looking at it
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.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) argue about each (b) yes, for hours (c) yes, and worry (d) no, rest and move on
40. 40.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False

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