Exam question practice for A level

This is not just more exam questions with exam board style mark schemes.   You can find plenty of those in the past paper resources for your particular A level exam board. 

These questions have been written to stretch your understanding and your analysis skills (there are no easy questions here!).  The given answers showcase the well-structured and well-explained response expected of an A / A* candidate.

Really, it’s all about practising writing complete, reasoned answers to each question without talking (writing?) yourself into a knot or waffling and setting out calculations carefully so that an examiner has no trouble in following your logic.

The difference between one grade and another is almost always down to how well a candidate can communicate their knowledge on paper, and there is rarely time in class to teach this properly.

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all.

Sam Ewing

It’s time to take the initiative and super-charge your exam preparation! You’ll be amazed what you can achieve when you put your mind to it 😊.

Chemical equilibria

le Chatelier’s Principle, equilibrium constants and Kc calculations, Kp calculations, solubility product (Ksp)

Electrochemistry

Electrochemical cells, Gibbs energy and E, electrolysis, redox equations

Enthalpy

Enthalpy of neutralisation and combustion, bond enthalpy, enthalpy cycles

Solubility of ionic lattices

Lattice enthalpy and enthalpy of hydration, Born-Haber cycles

Mass spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy and NMR spectroscopy

and long answer mixed spectra questions