Your mistake list
Questions you got wrong on the practice tests and words you missed in the vocabulary quiz collect here, with the correct answer and an explanation. Go through it before your next test.
Why keep a mistake list
Taking more practice tests helps less than you might expect if you never look back at the questions you missed. Most wrong answers come from a small number of causes that repeat: a word you half know, a grammar pattern you misread, a number you misheard, or running out of time. A list of your own mistakes shows which ones you keep making.
How to work through it
- Read the question again without looking at the answer. Do you get it right now? If so, the mistake was probably time pressure or a lapse in attention.
- If not, find the cause. Was it a word you didn’t know, a structure you didn’t recognise, or a detail in the audio you missed? Write the cause in a notebook in a few words.
- Fix the cause, not only the question. Look the word up in the word list, or open the matching grammar point and do its quiz.
- Remove the question once you can explain why the right answer is right.
- Retake the test a week later. Questions you missed before are a fair test of whether the fix worked.
Patterns to look for
- Mostly listening mistakes: practise with audio at test speed and read the choices before each recording. The listening guide has a routine.
- Mostly reading mistakes near the end: this usually means you ran out of time. Do a timed reading section and note how long each part takes. See the reading guide.
- The same word keeps appearing: drill it in the vocabulary quiz with “Only words I missed” ticked.
- Word-order mistakes: these usually point to one structure, such as 把, a complement, or where time words go. The writing guide covers the common ones.
Privacy
The list is saved only in this browser on this device, and nothing is sent to WordSwing. Clearing your browser’s site data deletes it, so download the CSV if you want a copy.