The end-of-year examination is the big Sec 3 assessment: every chapter from experimental chemistry to qualitative analysis in one sitting. It is the closest rehearsal for the O-Level experience, so coverage and stamina matter as much as technique.
Set out like a school paper, with a separate mark scheme for checking.
Question paper
60 marks · 1 h 30 min · 8 pages
20 multiple-choice questions and structured questions with answer lines. The full Sec 3 year: experimental chemistry and purification; particulate nature of matter; chemical bonding and structure; chemical calculations; acid–base chemistry; qualitative analysis.
Mark scheme
PROAnswers · Marking points · 4 pages
Model answers with a mark for each creditworthy point — for marking at home or in class.
The full Sec 3 year: experimental chemistry and purification, particulate nature of matter, chemical bonding and structure, chemical calculations, acid–base chemistry, and qualitative analysis.
The first questions of Section A, as they appear on the paper.
Section A: Multiple choice[20 marks]
Answer all questions. For each question, write the letter (A, B, C or D) of the correct answer.
Dry crystals of copper(II) sulfate are obtained from its solution by
Hydrogen is insoluble in water and much less dense than air. It is collected by
A solid melts sharply at exactly one temperature. This shows the solid is
In a liquid, the particles
Everything from the Sec 3 year: experimental chemistry, particles, bonding, calculations, acids and bases, and qualitative analysis — usually in one mixed paper of multiple-choice and structured questions.
Revise chapter by chapter with the topical questions, then sit this paper in one 90-minute block and mark it with the mark scheme. Log every dropped mark against its chapter and re-drill your two weakest chapters before your school’s paper.
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