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Past Mocks

  • 17-02-2011 10:36pm
    #1
    GoldRush4821
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 243 ✭✭


    I'm just wondering, is there anywhere you can get the last few years mocks? I don't mind what publisher or anything I'm just curious as to whether you can get them or not? Coming up to the LC I know I'll have all the exam papers done(especially in Biology) so I was hoping to get my hands on a few more.
    Any help greatly appreciated. :D


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  • #2
    NotExactly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 814 ✭✭✭NotExactly


    GoldRush4821 wrote: »
    I'm just wondering, is there anywhere you can get the last few years mocks?

    [HTML]http://pastpapers.ie[/HTML] They cost about a euro per paper and about 5 euro for tapes.They also come with marking schemes.


  • #3
    karaokeman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭karaokeman


    I don't know about getting past papers but if you want you can have the ones I did for my mocks this year.

    Keep in mind most schools do different mocks so yours will probably be a lot different from mine.

    I will try put some of mine up here and send them to you in a message so you can let me know if your interested.


  • #4
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,315 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    You're really much better off doing the real papers. The mocks from the different companies are littered with errors and questions that would never be asked on a real paper.


  • #5
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,397 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    spurious wrote: »
    You're really much better off doing the real papers. The mocks from the different companies are littered with errors and questions that would never be asked on a real paper.

    Totally agree. Not to mind the fact that when they manage to produce one which doesn't have errors, the standard of questions varies enormously. My own LC class were able to see that this year when they did their ag science mock. Topics duplicated on the paper and a lot of one word/one line answers. Not the standard expected of higher level.

    Stick to the real exam papers and if you've run out of them ask your teacher if they have older papers that are not available on examinations.ie. To be fair, if you are able to answer all of the questions on the past papers that are available you should be fine.


  • #6
    GoldRush4821
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 243 ✭✭GoldRush4821


    spurious wrote: »
    You're really much better off doing the real papers. The mocks from the different companies are littered with errors and questions that would never be asked on a real paper.

    I can't say I've noticed such errors/irrelevant questions in my own mocks tbh. Most questions have seemed to be similar to those I have done in my exam papers... Nevertheless, it can't hurt to get more practice and I plan to do another mock before the LC and my school doesn't do anything like that, so being able to sit a fresh exam will be beneficial and this is the only way I can do it. At the same time, I don't really want to pay for them, so thanks for the link NotExactly but i'd much rather just swap papers with one of you kind people. :D


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