2007-03-19 07:23:52 · 11 answers · asked by FEDERITO T 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Standards & Testing
It doesn't - it shows you what questions you won't get asked next time. Then you don't have to revise everything
2007-03-19 07:27:22 · answer #1 · answered by chillipope 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Depending on what kind of exams you are doing but one question can involve several different aspects of a topic so doing lots of past papers can practise all the different aspects in different scenarios. It allows you to think outside the box and practise finding your own way at interpreting the question (sometimes this can be a problem) and answering them. It also helps if you time yourself. If you know how many marks are in a paper, you can find out how much time you should spend on a question and then you can practise doing the question in that time. It is true that you get most marks for 70-80% of the question, going over your time allocation to do the rest of the question could get you maybe 1 extra mark whereas moving onto the next question and doing 20-30% of thatm ,may get you 10 marks! Again depends what exams you are doing. I did business and finance and these are the reasons I used past papers.
2007-03-19 07:39:30 · answer #2 · answered by Debs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they help you learn the style of the exam board and what is expected of you. They also help you learn where you can improve before it's too late.
Doing past GCSE papers in Maths helped me the most with this. Also with History. The History GCSE exam's as much about structure as it is about the content of the answers.
2007-03-20 06:21:08 · answer #3 · answered by Phosie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-26 22:43:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it helps you see which bits you're not as good at and need to work harder on to succeed in the exam
it gives you an idea of how to pace yourself in the actual exam so you don't run out of time
quite often they do use similar questions year after year, depending on the subject of course
2007-03-19 07:33:48 · answer #5 · answered by G*I*M*P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prepares you for the type of questions the teacher might ask you. Some teachers use their old test but just switch some words around. It better to be prepared and if you can pass their old test then you definitely can pass their recent.Teachers rarely change how they test us.
2007-03-19 07:35:17 · answer #6 · answered by reign17m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It demonstrates what type of questions you can expect and puts you into 'exam mode', it also will help with revision.
2007-03-19 07:32:59 · answer #7 · answered by ANDREW J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most people who set exam questions cant be bothered to think of brand new questions so they rephrase the questions from previous years so you can use past questions as practice
2007-03-19 07:28:01 · answer #8 · answered by ************* 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it gives you a better understanding of what to expect when you get in to do the real thing.
It helps you to prepare for it mentally
2007-03-19 07:33:27 · answer #9 · answered by dreams 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes they repeat the questions, though always only if you didn't do the past questions! lol! v anoying!!!
2007-03-19 07:32:42 · answer #10 · answered by Cathy :) 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋