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Desire to Aspire

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Desire to Aspire

I have copied this thread from the Leaving Cert forum with permission, so that we had a thread to discuss the Mocks.

Has anyone started their Mocks yet?

Legion.

I had my Spanish Aural (HL) today, was really easy. Have my Irish Aural tomorrow, should be fun.

Indiego

ughh mine dont start till next wednesday, Irish paper 2 first... suppose its good to get it out of the way lol

DarkDusk

Does anyone have any leaks for the mocks.ie exam papers?? Please reply if you do! lol

rorrissey

My school's mocks start on Monday.. Not really that worried even though I haven't studied.. at all.. :L I might do a bit for Home Ec, History and French eventually.
I've got Maths paper 1 on Monday afternoon, then Tuesday is Home Ec and English paper 1... I can't wait to have it all over and done with.

Doublechinlolz

DarkDusk wrote: »

Does anyone have any leaks for the mocks.ie exam papers?? Please reply if you do! lol

I started the other day and HL english was really easy, but like 5 different companies print the mocks so you're probably better off preparing yourself coz if you study for what someone else tells you and you get a different paper, you're in trouble.. And irish HL was hard enough, but im no good at it anyway :L

Legion.

The Irish Aural(HL)wasn't too bad had to guess a couple of answers but all in all wasn't as bad as I thought.


Have my first written paper on Tuesday, Spanish! Should be fairly easy.

Desire to Aspire

MarkD09 wrote: »

I started the other day and HL english was really easy, but like 5 different companies print the mocks so you're probably better off preparing yourself coz if you study for what someone else tells you and you get a different paper, you're in trouble.. And irish HL was hard enough, but im no good at it anyway :L

What exam papers did you have?

I just want to know if you could use a match for any of the essay's titles?

Doublechinlolz

Desire to Aspire wrote: »

I just want to know if you could use a match for any of the essay's titles?

What do you mean a match?

Desire to Aspire

MarkD09 wrote: »

What do you mean a match?

A short-story. We're in the National Cup final. We win the match on penalties, and I'm the hero. That's it in a nutshell.

Anything that something like that can fit into. It's very adaptable and I've never had a problem before.

Doublechinlolz

Desire to Aspire wrote: »

A short-story. We're in the National Cup final. We win the match on penalties, and I'm the hero. That's it in a nutshell.
.

Ohhh, well the only essay i remember was one about

the road was full of ice

so if you wanna prepare something about you had to

walk home because the car couldnt drive on it

?
But ya gotta remember you could get a different paper so dont put too much effort into that one..

Desire to Aspire

MarkD09 wrote: »

Ohhh, well the only essay i remember was one about

the road was full of ice

so if you wanna prepare something about you had to

walk home because the car couldnt drive on it

?
But ya gotta remember you could get a different paper so dont put too much effort into that one..

Yeah, thanks. I'm not going to rely on what I hear online. I just want to narrow things down.

What paper did you have? DEBS?

Doublechinlolz

Desire to Aspire wrote: »

What paper did you have? DEBS?

I dont have a clue, how would i find out?

Desire to Aspire

MarkD09 wrote: »

I dont have a clue, how would i find out?

Well, if there was a tick on the front they are Examcraft. Otherwise, you can't tell without seeing the marking scheme, but they are probably DEB.

clueless!!

DarkDusk wrote: »

Does anyone have any leaks for the mocks.ie exam papers?? Please reply if you do! lol

I did the irish and german aural in mocks.ie the other day and they were brutal! german had to be sent back it was such bad quality! Did u have any exams yet? i need some hints aswell because hardly anybody seems to be doing mocks.ie exams! R u in leaving r junior cert?

IloveConverse

were they difficult?

rorrissey

I did my pre Irish and French aurals the other day... French was kind of difficult but Irish was dead easy! :rolleyes:

Desire to Aspire

rorrissey wrote: »

I did my pre Irish and French aurals the other day... French was kind of difficult but Irish was dead easy! :rolleyes:

Would you not do your aural as part of your written examination, at the very beginning?

rorrissey

Desire to Aspire wrote: »

Would you not do your aural as part of your written examination, at the very beginning?

For the pres, no. We did them in class last week. For the actual thing it'll be in the hall obviously. It's just that we're sharing the hall with the Leaving Cert people so we can't listen to the tapes in there.

Desire to Aspire

rorrissey wrote: »

For the pres, no. We did them in class last week. For the actual thing it'll be in the hall obviously. It's just that we're sharing the hall with the Leaving Cert people so we can't listen to the tapes in there.

So, do you have extra time to complete the paper for your Pre, or will time be taken off?

rorrissey

Desire to Aspire wrote: »

So, do you have extra time to complete the paper for your Pre, or will time be taken off?

I'm guessing that they're going to take the time off and let us use it to study before the Pre.

Desire to Aspire

MarkD09 wrote: »

I started the other day and HL english was really easy, but like 5 different companies print the mocks so you're probably better off preparing yourself coz if you study for what someone else tells you and you get a different paper, you're in trouble.. And irish HL was hard enough, but im no good at it anyway :L

How was Maths?

Desire to Aspire

This is what I heard from a friend. I can't confirm or deny, and I don't know what company it is.

Business Paper One.

Long Questions - Household Budget, Club Account, People at Work, Banking, Insurance.

That's five out of the six long questions.

Cakes.

Got the result for my listening today 31 out of 40, Second highest by one :pac:

Desire to Aspire

Cakesofrice wrote: »

Got the result for my listening today 31 out of 40, Second highest by one :pac:

Irish?

Cakes.

Desire to Aspire wrote: »

Irish?

Yeh ! Sorry :P

Desire to Aspire

Desire to Aspire wrote: »

This is what I heard from a friend. I can't confirm or deny, and I don't know what company it is.

Business Paper One.

Long Questions - Household Budget, Club Account, People at Work, Banking, Insurance.

That's five out of the six long questions.

I think the sixth long question is a

National Budget.

rorrissey

Did maths paper 1 today, it was fairly easy I was surprised. Only one question at the end that I couldn't really do. I'm awful at maths, but I definitely passed.. Delighted! (:
English paper 1 & Home ec tomorrow now.

Desire to Aspire

rorrissey wrote: »

Did maths paper 1 today, it was fairly easy I was surprised. Only one question at the end that I couldn't really do. I'm awful at maths, but I definitely passed.. Delighted! (:
English paper 1 & Home ec tomorrow now.

Anything in particular you would recommend revising? Should we be able to do everything on the paper? Any other tips?

It's my first test. :pac:

rorrissey

Desire to Aspire wrote: »

Anything in particular you would recommend revising? Should we be able to do everything on the paper? Any other tips?

It's my first test. :pac:

I'd advise doing every one of them, I mean your supposed to and it picks up attempt marks. I was able to do everything, except for one question which we haven't done yet my teacher told us we didn't have to do it.

Just revise graphs, factorizing and compound interests really, you'll be well able to do it I'd say.

Desire to Aspire

rorrissey wrote: »

I'd advise doing every one of them, I mean your supposed to and it picks up attempt marks. I was able to do everything, except for one question which we haven't done yet my teacher told us we didn't have to do it.

Just revise graphs, factorizing and compound interests really, you'll be well able to do it I'd say.

Haha, I know that. That wasn't what I asked.

Ah no, I hate functions... I think.

rorrissey

Desire to Aspire wrote: »

Haha, I know that. That wasn't what I asked.

Ah no, I hate functions... I think.

Aaaah I'm blind leave me alone! :P

Desire to Aspire

rorrissey wrote: »

Aaaah I'm blind leave me alone! :P

What do you have tomorrow?

rorrissey

Desire to Aspire wrote: »

What do you have tomorrow?

Home ec & English paper 1. Kind of easy day really, I know most of the home ec I think and I'm generally good at English. Then on Wednesday I've got CSPE, Thursday is Geography I think and Friday is Science. I have no idea what I have week 2.. I'm so organised.

Desire to Aspire

That's the spirit. :pac:

Any chance you could check if there's an essay title that I could use for a match? A day I would like to have relive. Hero. Best day of my life. Childhood memory. It was the unfairness of it all that annoyed me most. I wish I had listened.

Anything along those lines.

Doublechinlolz

Desire to Aspire wrote: »

How was Maths?

Im doin it tomorrow

Desire to Aspire

MarkD09 wrote: »

Im doin it tomorrow

Good luck!

Did you have anything today?

Cakes.

I dont have anything until CSPE on Wednesday :P

Desire to Aspire

Cakesofrice wrote: »

I dont have anything until CSPE on Wednesday :P

I don't have anything until after the Mid-Term. :P

Cakes.

Daamn :P

Desire to Aspire

Cakesofrice wrote: »

Daamn :P

Plenty of time to find out what's on the papers study. :pac:

Stevooh

Desire to Aspire wrote: »

Yeah, thanks. I'm not going to rely on what I hear online. I just want to narrow things down.

What paper did you have? DEBS?

Was This For The JuniorCert'Mocks2011?

niallharty

Has anyone done the geography mocks? I know there are a few different companies but I just want to get an idea of what's coming up, just the topics really. Like Climate, Rivers or Population etc.

Desire to Aspire

Stevooh wrote: »

Was This For The JuniorCert'Mocks2011?

Yes.

DarkDusk

Thanks for all the feedback everyone but could you refer (if you can) to the company that made the papers please.. Thanks.

Desire to Aspire

DarkDusk wrote: »

Thanks for all the feedback everyone but could you refer (if you can) to the company that made the papers please.. Thanks.

I don't know what company the Business paper was.

Doublechinlolz

niallharty wrote: »

Has anyone done the geography mocks? I know there are a few different companies but I just want to get an idea of what's coming up, just the topics really. Like Climate, Rivers or Population etc.

I did today. It was so ****in easy it was unreal, like waaaay too easy.

population and desertification came up

. But if you got the same papers as i did youll be grand, i finished section one in fifteen minutes it was crazy..
Maths paper one on the other hand was a complete bitch

Desire to Aspire

MarkD09 wrote: »

I did today. It was so ****in easy it was unreal, like waaaay too easy.

population and desertification came up

. But if you got the same papers as i did youll be grand, i finished section one in fifteen minutes it was crazy..
Maths paper one on the other hand was a complete bitch

Would you talk about

Mali

for that?

Did a population pyramid come up? Oh, and would you mind telling us the topics of the other long questions?

MarkD09

MarkD09 wrote: »

I did today. It was so ****in easy it was unreal, like waaaay too easy.

population and desertification came up

. But if you got the same papers as i did youll be grand, i finished section one in fifteen minutes it was crazy..

What company is that? Examcraft or Deb?

rorrissey

Desire to Aspire wrote: »

That's the spirit. :pac:

Any chance you could check if there's an essay title that I could use for a match? A day I would like to have relive. Hero. Best day of my life. Childhood memory. It was the unfairness of it all that annoyed me most. I wish I had listened.

Anything along those lines.

I can't remember them all, buuuut....

There was one about delicious food.. And there was one that you had to start or end it with "I was at the right place at the right time" so I'd say you could use that? It was really easy.