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A Level, GCSE, BTEC past exam papers

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  • lilflower
    lilflower Posts: 325 Forumite
    Thank yoooo!

    Did my English Lit today. AArrgghh!
    :whistle:'I'm not a girl, not yet a woman!' :whistle:
    Finished my exams now! YAY!
    :j :j
  • sez72_2
    sez72_2 Posts: 9 Forumite
    Thanks, sure my daughter would love this lol. Great job finding all of these freebies everyone cheers
  • There are loads of free websites with revision notes, tasks etc on them. I direct students to lots but the BBC is a good one to start with.
  • swee'pea
    swee'pea Posts: 16 Forumite
    I've just loaded down the free 'GCSE German - Revision Notes' from the Edexel site and I found 26 mistakes, some of them quite blatant ones. Do they not have proof readers?? I also found quite a few mistakes in the Edexel/Heinemann A-Level Maths books.

    The following is a detailed list of the mistakes in the GCSE German - Revision Notes and their corrections (you can trust me: I'm a German living in England and I'm a qualified interpreter and translator; I'm also a private tutor.)

    Mistakes in GCSE German - Revision Notes
    • p2 – Home
    An der Wand habe ich viele Poster (not: ‘Auf der Wand habe ich viele Posters’; in German, ‘Poster’ is both singular and plural)
    • p2 – Home
    Wir wohnen in der Stadt (not: ‘in die Stadt’)
    • p2 – Home
    Das … , weil da so viel los ist (not: ‘weil es da soviel los ist’; the word ‘es’ in the other examples is correct)
    • p2 – Daily routine
    Ich fahre … zur Schule (not: ‘nach der Schule’)
    • p2 – School – 2nd paragraph
    Die Schule ist ganz … mit ungefähr … Schülern (not: ‘Schüler’)
    • p2 – School – 2nd paragraph
    Nach der Schule habe ich vor, für meine Eltern zu arbeiten (not: ‘für meinen Eltern’)
    • p3 – Around town
    ‘Wie ist der Markt/die Post/die Kirche in Deiner Stadt?’ This question is misleading. In English, would you really ask ‘How is the church in your town’?? The answers given indicate that the question is meant to ask how these locations look like, so the German question would be, ‘Wie sieht der Markt/die Post/die Kirche in Deiner Stadt aus?’
    • p3 – Holiday information
    Es macht mir Spaß, mich an der Küste zu entspannen (not: ‘ Es macht mir Spaß auf die Küste mich zu entspannen’; also note the punctuation and word order)
    • p3 – Holiday information
    Es macht mir Spaß, etwas/viel über Architektur und Geschichte zu lernen (not: ‘Es macht mir Spaß, über Architektur und Geschichte zu lernen’. In German, you do not learn about things, you learn something/a lot/etc about them.
    • p3 – Weather
    Das Wetter ist für den Urlaub sehr wichtig (not: ‘für’s Urlaub’; ‘Urlaub’ is masculine’, not neuter. In any case, there is no apostrophe in ‘fürs’.)
    • p3 – Restaurants
    Ich esse … saures Essen (not: ‘saueres’)
    • 3 – Restaurants
    Abende mit … machen immer sehr viel Spaß (not: ‘Abends’)
    • p3 – Bank
    Ich möchte zwanzig Pfund in Euros umtauschen/umwechseln (not: ‘wechseln’; with the generic word ‘Geld’ you use ‘wechseln’, i.e. to change money, but from one denomination into another denomination, you use ‘umtauschen’ or ‘umwechseln’)
    • p3 – Telephone
    Kann ich bitte eine Nachricht hinterlassen? (not: ‘lassen’; using this word, the English translation of the sentence would be, ‘Could I please let a message?’)
    • p3 – Reporting a loss
    … auf dem Rücken (not: ‘auf den Rücken’)
    • p3 – Health and safety
    Du solltest/musst … anrufen (not: ‘sollst’. ‘Du solltest’ = ‘You should’, ‘Du musst’ = ‘You have to’. ‘Du sollst’ = ‘Thou shalt’).
    • p4 – Healthy living
    Ich möchte topfit werden (not: ‘Topfit’)
    • p4 – Jobs
    Ich gebe mein Geld für Schminke aus (not: ‘Schminken’; use the singular as you do in English, you buy ‘make-up,’ not ‘make-ups’)
    • p5 – Informal letters
    Bis bald/Mit bestem Gruß/Viele Grüße (not: bis bald/mit bestem Gruß/viele Grüße)
    • p5 – Formal letters
    Hochachtungsvoll/Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Mit bestem Dank (not: hochachtungsvoll/mit freundlichen Grüßen/mit bestem Dank
    • p5 – Your past
    Ich habe (7) Jahre lang diebesucht (not: ‘studiert’; ‘studieren’ means ‘to study at a university’)
    • p5 – Your past
    Letzten Sommer habe ich eine Zeit im Ausland verbracht (not: ‘… habe ich Zeit im Ausland …’)
    I hope this helps somebody. :j
  • Not sure if you are still reading this but thank you so much for the link. i hope my son will get great benefit from the notes
    Vanessa:T
  • Anyone know the best site for GCSE revision to help vary it a bit for my son.
    Jan Grocery challenge
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