[pshewitt1]

yes... but I'm doing final A levels if i was doing GCSE's I'd be asleep right now..

[goldstander212]

Btw, guys ive got some revision pdf files and powerpoints specially for this years food exam ; its got everything there if you want .... ill send you guys it tomorrow xD
But, am stuck on one thing
The annotations of the pasta dishes - could anyone tell me what to include ?

[shyamshah]

(Original post by AishaTara)
ah probs because its used for mocks, as its the only one with the new spec. I'll have a look for it though, and ah how did you do in past papers? here it is : http://web.aqa.org.uk/qual/newgcses/...?id=06&prev=06

Oh yeah we did that one for our mocks. I have done okay on the papers I have done meaning B's, but have trouble on some of the questions.

[shyamshah]

(Original post by goldstander212)
Btw, guys ive got some revision pdf files and powerpoints specially for this years food exam ; its got everything there if you want .... ill send you guys it tomorrow xD But, am stuck on one thing The annotations of the pasta dishes - could anyone tell me what to include ?

You just have to include what the ingredients are used for in the dish I think and mention how the ingredients follow the design brief.

[AishaTara]

(Original post by shyamshah)
Oh yeah we did that one for our mocks. I have done okay on the papers I have done meaning B's, but have trouble on some of the questions.

heres a tip: think about it logically most of the questions are common sense e.g. hazards with electrical equipment 'spell stuff out for the examiner'
e.g.
1. its dangerous, electricity may come into contact with water
2. sharp objects harmful when one is not careful
3. electric shock
4.wires all over the place can be hazardous -can cause a fire if left on

be critical, i imagine myself in the kitchen in the situation and I think of all the pros and cons.

[DarkTitan]

word of advice lil ones. Make sure u do your best at gcse's revise hard...i flopped my a-levels and my gcse's saved me big time...dont underestimate them

[shyamshah]

(Original post by AishaTara)
heres a tip: think about it logically most of the questions are common sense e.g. hazards with electrical equipment 'spell stuff out for the examiner' e.g. 1. its dangerous, electricity may come into contact with water 2. sharp objects harmful when one is not careful 3. electric shock 4.wires all over the place can be hazardous -can cause a fire if left on be critical, i imagine myself in the kitchen in the situation and I think of all the pros and cons.

Yeah, the questions I find hard are the causes and preventions sort of questions. My teacher said to not just write the opposite for prevention of the cause etc. so I find those questions hard to answer.

[ghogho]

I have a physics exam tom and i truley doing ...... in this subject (
bt chemistry is very eaaaaaasy i got an a in it A grade and truely didnt study except before the exam by a week :d

[wizzer]

(Original post by goldstander212)
my first exam is on wednesday and i still havent :L

You'll probably be alright if you cram it from now on, I knew that I'd be under pressure if I didn't start revising quickly so I started revision in February.

[borysek01]

I started revising casually for Biology (Tuesday, the first exam) since last couple of days. An hour a day or so, I felt motivated and happy about how I'm doing until I had a mock exam in which I feel I got a B if not less.

But then on the other hand, it seemed like a ****ty paper to me, since I nail the other ones for A*.

[letsbehonest]

Who here is dreading B3 AQA? I've done all the past papers and it is quite difficult. Too many HOW SCIENCE WORKS questions -.-

[M1011]

It's cooool, I've got my final exam (uni final year) on Tuesday and haven't started revising yet. GCSEs are not to be started until the day before.

[meee?]

(Original post by letsbehonest)
Who here is dreading B3 AQA? I've done all the past papers and it is quite difficult. Too many HOW SCIENCE WORKS questions -.-

OMG ME! I have a B2 resit as well thanks to that horrendous paper in January and I agree completely about the how science works questions, I hate them with a passion!

[ummm]

(Original post by letsbehonest)
Who here is dreading B3 AQA? I've done all the past papers and it is quite difficult. Too many HOW SCIENCE WORKS questions -.-

I sat that paper last year. LOL. June 2011 was such a hard exam. There's a thread on here somewhere and everyone was complaining so much.

I thought there was a really big gap between unit 3's and unit 2's.

Now for my biology AS exam tomorrow!

[letsbehonest]

(Original post by meee?)
OMG ME! I have a B2 resit as well thanks to that horrendous paper in January and I agree completely about the how science works questions, I hate them with a passion!

I payed for a B2 retake because I got a B in my ISA but luckily we had a chance to do another ISA which I somehow managed to get an A* in so I'm not doing B2 anymore. I actually got 88ums in that, I was expecting higher :/

How many UMS points do you need to get the grade you want?

I need to get 82ums in bio, 84 in chem and 92 in physics. I'm doing a P2 retake which I'm hoping to do really well in so it eases the pressure of P3 which isn't actually too bad.

Anyway, biology - have you seen the number of 4 and 5 markers?
Its pathetic! Especially these obscure questions which begin with 'suggest'. The fermentor stuff is annoying me - I keep losing marks. The weird graphs with like two and three dependent variables -.-

[Deyesy]

I started at the beginning of April

[letsbehonest]

(Original post by ummm)
I sat that paper last year. LOL. June 2011 was such a hard exam. There's a thread on here somewhere and everyone was complaining so much.

I thought there was a really big gap between unit 3's and unit 2's.

Now for my biology AS exam tomorrow!

Goodluck!

P3 and C3 are quite easy. C3 analysis stuff needs a lot of memorizing though!
B3 is where the problem lies. I agree that June 2011 exam was bloody hard.

[ummm]

(Original post by letsbehonest)
Goodluck!

P3 and C3 are quite easy. C3 analysis stuff needs a lot of memorizing though!
B3 is where the problem lies. I agree that June 2011 exam was bloody hard.

Thanks! I agree - chemistry was more straightforward, in B3 they always managed to twist it somehow... Chemistry at AS is so much harder than GCSE though, it's crazy! Ahh, I just didn't get P3 at all. All of the mirrors and lenses stuff just made no sense to me whatsoever!

Good luck with all your exams! I'm sure you'll do great!

[meee?]

(Original post by letsbehonest)
I payed for a B2 retake because I got a B in my ISA but luckily we had a chance to do another ISA which I somehow managed to get an A* in so I'm not doing B2 anymore. I actually got 88ums in that, I was expecting higher :/

How many UMS points do you need to get the grade you want?

I need to get 82ums in bio, 84 in chem and 92 in physics. I'm doing a P2 retake which I'm hoping to do really well in so it eases the pressure of P3 which isn't actually too bad.

Anyway, biology - have you seen the number of 4 and 5 markers?
Its pathetic! Especially these obscure questions which begin with 'suggest'. The fermentor stuff is annoying me - I keep losing marks. The weird graphs with like two and three dependent variables -.-

Well if I want an a* i'll have to get an average of 95 on both papers (no chance of that happening) but for an a I don't need as much.

I'm doing p2 again as well for the same reason as you, i'm not so worried about that though physics it's relatively straightforward.

The whole of these biology papers annoy me tbh, the gap between bio compared to chem and phys is unreal! Absolutely dreading next monday!

[starienight]

I started revising yesturday for history and physics.
But I genrally don't revise until the night before when i am like "sh!t my exams tomorrow" even then it will only be for around 2 hours.
I genrally get B's in one exam i revised 3 weeks before and got an A. so i think i would rather put in less time :/. I just want to pass.