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common topics that come up on igcse/gcses

Hi! I'm a Year 11 student and I was wondering if anyone knew the most common topics for any gcses so i know what to focus my revision on, these are the gcses im taking:

Edexcel Igcse Maths (higher)
Edexcel Igcse English language
Edexcel Igcse English Literature (i do of mice and men)

I do AQA separate sciences so:
AQA Physics higher
AQA Biology higher
AQA Chemistry higher

Igcse Edexcel French higher
AQA RE
Edexcel Business studies
Edexcel History (i do cold war, elizabeth, medicine through time, and weimar and nazi germany)

If someone could please help especially with French and Maths

Reply 1

Original post
by llma.llma
Hi! I'm a Year 11 student and I was wondering if anyone knew the most common topics for any gcses so i know what to focus my revision on, these are the gcses im taking:
Edexcel Igcse Maths (higher)
Edexcel Igcse English language
Edexcel Igcse English Literature (i do of mice and men)
I do AQA separate sciences so:
AQA Physics higher
AQA Biology higher
AQA Chemistry higher
Igcse Edexcel French higher
AQA RE
Edexcel Business studies
Edexcel History (i do cold war, elizabeth, medicine through time, and weimar and nazi germany)
If someone could please help especially with French and Maths

Hey!
I do edexcel maths higher as well and we have our mocks coming up soon. What I would recommend you to do is go over past papers again and again as this gives you the practice you need when doing your exam. I'd say do the exams under timed conditions, it majorly helps!
Also check out corbettmaths and mathsgenie, they also have exam questions and give you that additional practice you require!
Also for English Language, go through the anthology, the texts, the poems and make sure you understand how to be time effiecient while correctly structuring your responses. Again, do past papers for this under timed conditions. You can check out on Save My Exams some tips for section B or just in general a walkthrough the paper.
Business is hard. I think EVERYONE I've met struggles with business 🥲... but what I would recommend you to do is (again) go through past papers and clear your conceptual information. As long as you have your knowledge set right, you just need to focus how to structure 6, 9 and 12 markers since this is where your marks primarily go... for business, you can use save my exams as well and also use this link:
https://igcseaid.com/notes/business-studies-0450/
It has last-minute business notes which personally helped me a lot!!!
If you can read the whole exam from cover to cover because as you're reading it your brain is already working on the questions so the answers come quicker.
Hope this helps! Let me know if you need me to clarify anything!!!:woo:
(Sorry for the essay🥲😅)

Reply 2

Original post
by llma.llma
Hi! I'm a Year 11 student and I was wondering if anyone knew the most common topics for any gcses so i know what to focus my revision on, these are the gcses im taking:
Edexcel Igcse Maths (higher)
Edexcel Igcse English language
Edexcel Igcse English Literature (i do of mice and men)
I do AQA separate sciences so:
AQA Physics higher
AQA Biology higher
AQA Chemistry higher
Igcse Edexcel French higher
AQA RE
Edexcel Business studies
Edexcel History (i do cold war, elizabeth, medicine through time, and weimar and nazi germany)
If someone could please help especially with French and Maths

hii, i have my maths igsce in an hour helpp. from all the past papers ive done, common topics that almost always come up include:

vector proof

sum of sequences

prove fractions

simultaneous equations with one quadratic

kinematics


for mice and men, i have a pdf provided to me by my teacher that has a lot of previous questions. i can send it over if you'd like xx

Reply 3

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by SilentPrincess13
Hey!
I do edexcel maths higher as well and we have our mocks coming up soon. What I would recommend you to do is go over past papers again and again as this gives you the practice you need when doing your exam. I'd say do the exams under timed conditions, it majorly helps!
Also check out corbettmaths and mathsgenie, they also have exam questions and give you that additional practice you require!
Also for English Language, go through the anthology, the texts, the poems and make sure you understand how to be time effiecient while correctly structuring your responses. Again, do past papers for this under timed conditions. You can check out on Save My Exams some tips for section B or just in general a walkthrough the paper.
Business is hard. I think EVERYONE I've met struggles with business 🥲... but what I would recommend you to do is (again) go through past papers and clear your conceptual information. As long as you have your knowledge set right, you just need to focus how to structure 6, 9 and 12 markers since this is where your marks primarily go... for business, you can use save my exams as well and also use this link:
https://igcseaid.com/notes/business-studies-0450/
It has last-minute business notes which personally helped me a lot!!!
If you can read the whole exam from cover to cover because as you're reading it your brain is already working on the questions so the answers come quicker.
Hope this helps! Let me know if you need me to clarify anything!!!:woo:
(Sorry for the essay🥲😅)

thank you so so much!! Ill use the resources thank you!!!!

Reply 4

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by e2009
hii, i have my maths igsce in an hour helpp. from all the past papers ive done, common topics that almost always come up include:

vector proof

sum of sequences

prove fractions

simultaneous equations with one quadratic

kinematics


for mice and men, i have a pdf provided to me by my teacher that has a lot of previous questions. i can send it over if you'd like xx

Hi!! omg good luck on ur maths exam i hope it went super well, and thank you so much ur a lifesaver. Also yes please could you send the of mice and men pdf thank you so much!!!

Reply 5

Original post
by llma.llma
thank you so so much!! Ill use the resources thank you!!!!

Happy to help!:woo:

Reply 6

Original post
by llma.llma
Hi! I'm a Year 11 student and I was wondering if anyone knew the most common topics for any gcses so i know what to focus my revision on, these are the gcses im taking:
Edexcel Igcse Maths (higher)
Edexcel Igcse English language
Edexcel Igcse English Literature (i do of mice and men)
I do AQA separate sciences so:
AQA Physics higher
AQA Biology higher
AQA Chemistry higher
Igcse Edexcel French higher
AQA RE
Edexcel Business studies
Edexcel History (i do cold war, elizabeth, medicine through time, and weimar and nazi germany)
If someone could please help especially with French and Maths

Hi. I am studying similar subjects as you, except history and business. For sciences I do igcse edexcel not aqa, but still similar. What are you doing for RE? I'm doing AQA French.

Reply 7

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by llma.llma
Hi!! omg good luck on ur maths exam i hope it went super well, and thank you so much ur a lifesaver. Also yes please could you send the of mice and men pdf thank you so much!!!

thank youuu, and ofc x

Reply 8

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by rextee29381
Hi. I am studying similar subjects as you, except history and business. For sciences I do igcse edexcel not aqa, but still similar. What are you doing for RE? I'm doing AQA French.

I'm doing AQA RE with the religions of Christianity and Islam and for themes Relationships and family, Religion and life, Human rights and Social justice, and finally Crime and punishment, what about you??

Reply 9

Original post
by llma.llma
Hi! I'm a Year 11 student and I was wondering if anyone knew the most common topics for any gcses so i know what to focus my revision on, these are the gcses im taking:
Edexcel Igcse Maths (higher)
Edexcel Igcse English language
Edexcel Igcse English Literature (i do of mice and men)
I do AQA separate sciences so:
AQA Physics higher
AQA Biology higher
AQA Chemistry higher
Igcse Edexcel French higher
AQA RE
Edexcel Business studies
Edexcel History (i do cold war, elizabeth, medicine through time, and weimar and nazi germany)
If someone could please help especially with French and Maths

Hi! I am also in year 11 and my biggest tip for RE would be to know your quotes but know ones that are applicable for multiple situations - after my mock yesterday I found the most useful thing I learnt for Christianity was the lords prayer as it has lots of different uses!

Reply 10

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by e2009
hii, i have my maths igsce in an hour helpp. from all the past papers ive done, common topics that almost always come up include:

vector proof

sum of sequences

prove fractions

simultaneous equations with one quadratic

kinematics


for mice and men, i have a pdf provided to me by my teacher that has a lot of previous questions. i can send it over if you'd like xx

hii could you please send me the mice and men pdf tyy

Reply 11

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by e2009
hii, i have my maths igsce in an hour helpp. from all the past papers ive done, common topics that almost always come up include:

vector proof

sum of sequences

prove fractions

simultaneous equations with one quadratic

kinematics


for mice and men, i have a pdf provided to me by my teacher that has a lot of previous questions. i can send it over if you'd like xx

can I have of mice and men pdf too

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