Mocks 2013 **READ FIRST POST BEFORE POSTING**

QueenOfLeon

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The Mock exams are useful for evaluating your strengths and weaknesses, practising exam techniques and timing, and giving you an idea of the course material you still have to cover. By getting hints, you're really not fooling anyone but yourself. Ideally, we would encourage that you go into the exam blind, the same as the real thing. Its better to panic about it now when there are no real consequences, than in June.

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Mark1724

Don't seem to have a thread yet so thought I would start one. Mocks beginning in the next few weeks, what is everyones thoughts on them? Are they more a hinderence then anything, or are they a welcomed wake up call? If anyone gets any tips from teachers on what is coming up, you can post them but *spoiler them*

user.name

I think having xmas tests ruins you trying to prepare right for them. Trying to revise everything so far in a month is impossible

LostBoy101

user.name wrote: »

I think having xmas tests ruins you trying to prepare right for them. Trying to revise everything so far in a month is impossible

Nothing is impossible.

user.name

LostBoy101 wrote: »

Nothing is impossible.

Yes but cramming everything in a short time is not good over a long period of time

JackTheGrinder

user.name wrote: »

Yes but cramming everything in a short time is not good over a long period of time

Cramming is vital. Sure a good general knowledge in a subject is great but for something like English, it's the stuff you look at the week before, and even the night before the exam that will be the freshest, and allow you the most fluency when writing. There is no science to that. To say leave it all till the last week is of course ridicolous but to say there is no point cramming is arguably more foolish. A month is ample time for the mocks should you study the paper structures tonight and then work towards satisfying the papers, not the textbooks or anything else.

kevin12345

I'll be avoiding this thread so I'll post what I know now, before I get tempted to look, later on.

Irish Aiste title hint

My teacher said it will be something to do with Education, not sure how it's worded or anything, but its on Education.

Irish Prós:

Cáca Milis

Spanish Opinion Q hint:

She only told us about one of them, it is something to do with health and young people, not sure of the specifics yet, but most likely something to do with obesity/exercise/drugs/alcohol etc.

Bit annoyed my teachers told us, but sure what can ya do.

11Charlie11

Irish Examcraft:

My Irish teacher gave us two of the aiste titles so here you go: Really annoying though and he narrowed down the poems and stories!

Spoiler:

"Ciniochas: Ta se le feiceail i ngach ait"
"An coras oideachais in Eirinn. Coras iontach ata ann"

I think this is from the examcraft paper btw

hearmehearye

Just want to ask, has anyone started studying for them? I'm a terrible procrastinator.

stephenjmcd

havnt started doing major study yet, i do after school study in which i do my hw and mayb 30 mins revision if im lucky. mocks in 3 weeks for me

hearmehearye

stephenjmcd wrote: »

havnt started doing major study yet, i do after school study in which i do my hw and mayb 30 mins revision if im lucky. mocks in 3 weeks for me

Ah, 3 weeks for me too. I really need to get my act together. I just about do homework, no after school study or any self study ie. not prescribed by teachers. Waaaaaaaaaaahh.

stephenjmcd

hearmehearye wrote: »

Ah, 3 weeks for me too. I really need to get my act together. I just about do homework, no after school study or any self study ie. not prescribed by teachers. Waaaaaaaaaaahh.

Well I'm on top of hw and do fine in class tests but just puttin it all together will b hard. Like if I've no hw left with an hour of after school study left I can't leave so il just study but when I get home not a bit gets done

aimzLc2

Honestly guys , i know i did it wrong when i was doing my leaving so i'm not the one to be advising anyone anything but i am repeating this year so i have experienced this last year. Please, do yourself a favour and don't look at any spoilers in here! last year i looked at the spoilers for the mocks and it got me nowhere, obviously. You have enough time , i promise you ,just focus on studying now instead of worrying about the mocks like i did last year , hopefully you can learn from my mistakes

hearmehearye

aimzLc2 wrote: »

Honestly guys , i know i did it wrong when i was doing my leaving so i'm not the one to be advising anyone anything but i am repeating this year so i have experienced this last year. Please, do yourself a favour and don't look at any spoilers in here! last year i looked at the spoilers for the mocks and it got me nowhere, obviously. You have enough time , i promise you ,just focus on studying now instead of worrying about the mocks like i did last year , hopefully you can learn from my mistakes

I second this. Not a repeat or anything, but what's the point of paying >€100 for mocks, which are supposed to give you an idea of timing, formats etc etc, when you basically cheat? The mocks aren't the end of the world, and aren't what you'll get in June. Plenty of time between here and June to get stuff done, heads down!

0mega

I am seriously having to fight the temptation of looking at those spoilers already, but I think for June, I'll have to restrain myself.

I don't think I'll be posting too much in here just in case, good luck all.

MrCraigButler

just remember if someone posts what they have on their mocks it doesn't necessarily mean it will come up on yours because different school use different companies to supply their papers.

spurious

Please, there are at least two big mock companies.
If you really want people to help you (or to help others) please state which company you are talking about.

lisheen2308

helpmeplease? wrote: »

Anyone know whats coming up in higher level physics for the mocks? thanks

I sat the higher level physics today
Spoiler:

simple harmonic motion, acceleration due to gravity, vaporisation of steam, resistivity, diodes and p and n type semiconductors, radioactive decay, few more

RachelDJack

Out of interest actually when does everybody sit their mocks??
I know mine start on the 28th Jan

lisheen2308

RachelDJack wrote: »

Out of interest actually when does everybody sit their mocks??
I know mine start on the 28th Jan

Mine are all this week not going too good atm project maths Craic is a pain!

11Charlie11

lisheen2308 wrote: »

Mine are all this week not going too good atm project maths Craic is a pain!

What!! I thought ours were early! We start the 29th

Copper_pipe

Starting the 30th

internet_user

RachelDJack wrote: »

Out of interest actually when does everybody sit their mocks??
I know mine start on the 28th Jan

after midterm for me, not sure wheather its good or bad!

emc2010

Accounting HL:

Suspense and Published

emc2010

lisheen2308 wrote: »

Anyone got any spoilers for English and Irish and perhaps the drawing in construction studies?

Dublin mock papers i think, not examcraft anyway
English

Bishop

Irish

Eisimirce, Mo Grasa

ash2012

Hey Guys. To tell the difference between the two papers is Deb have barcodes on the back and front and left hand side of the paper, Examcraft have them on the right handside!

Phoenix Wright

FashionGirl wrote: »

I don't know what company my school are giving out but I need serious help with what's on the French paper! Anyone please??

French HL Examcraft:

I can't say for certain, but I THINK we're doing the Examcraft exam mock. Our teacher is really generous and told us that Q1 (90 words) is based on

the importance of education

, while

drugs

is one of the topics out of four for Q3 and Q4. The 'Le Journal Intime' question is

an argument with parents i.e a negative response.

Phoenix Wright

Is anyone here as unlucky as me? We're doing our mocks next week -_-

spurious

This thread is going to descend into a complete farce when the majority of schools are doing mocks if people do not state what company they are talking about.

Rebel7

emc2010 wrote: »

Accounting:

Suspense and Published

Anybody know whats coming up on section 3 (management section) of accounting? I think

production budgeting

is coming up but not sure!!?

chikatita

i dont know what company our mocks ar from but in spanish our teacher told us there will be something

on climate change/ the environment

!

superS

Im not sure what company my schools using but for Business HL theres something on

Breakeven and Ratios

PictureFrame

The only subjects I didn't cheat in in the Mocks last year were English, Business & Economics and they ended up being my 3 A grades in the Mocks! :pac:

11Charlie11

Rebel7 wrote: »

Wat were the poems and stories that ye were narrowed down to?

Irish HL Examcraft:

As far as I know it is

Mo ghra sa and oisin in tir na nOG

but please remember that different teachers use different mock companies so they are all different! I think this is from exam craft (Confirmed Higher Level Examcraft)

monkeymadness

Our biology (HL) teacher said

reproduction might come up. She won't say in humans or plants though, sorry.

lisheen2308

Physics HL:
experiments from what i remember were

acceleration due to gravity my freefall, vaporisation of steam, some sound one i cant remember on sound

Tanga1

Are accounting teacher told us what's coming up? Making this too easy.

Accounting:

Sole Trader, Published Accounts (100 marks), Incomplete Records (like the one in 2005), Marginal + Absorption (like the one in 2006), Production Budget

Tanga1

lisheen2308 wrote: »

I sat the higher level physics today
Spoiler:

simple harmonic motion, acceleration due to gravity, vaporisation of steam, resistivity, diodes and p and n type semiconductors, radioactive decay, few more

<no requests>

Physics HL

Our teacher told us for mechanics its going to be

simple harmonic motion + force + momentum and something on sound

spurious

Holy Jesus and his immaculately conceived mother, will you PLEASE state what company you are talking about, otherwise your information is utterly useless.

Tanga1

How are we supposed to know? I am supposed to just ask the teacher "Hey miss what company did you get the mock papers from". Don't you think he/she would get suspicious. If your teacher gives you a clue, you can just collaborate with the information on here. Or just study what similar chapters are coming up in the different mock papers.

It's noot that hard!!!

spurious

Tanga1 wrote: »

How are we supposed to know? I am supposed to just ask the teacher "Hey miss what company did you get the mock papers from". Don't you think he/she would get suspicious. If your teacher gives you a clue, you can just collaborate with the information on here. Or just study what similar chapters are coming up in the different mock papers.

It's noot that hard!!!

If you bothered to read the thread, you would see where it has been posted how to identify the two main companies.

Ash2012 said : Deb have barcodes on the back and front and left hand side of the paper, Examcraft have them on the right handside!

I realise you and many of the posters in this thread never posted before, but please, read the entire thread, don't just drop in and out.

Last year one valiant poster created a whole spreadsheet on it. This can't be done with 'hints' that are useless.

It's not that hard!!

Tanga1

You failed to realise that I have not seen the mock papers. My posts should have suggested that I have not sat the mocks.

"Are accounting teacher told us what's coming up"

So do you expect me to try to forcefully find these mock papers and to look for a barcode while getting myself caught?

spurious

Tanga1 wrote: »

You failed to realise that I have not seen the mock papers. My posts should have suggested that I have not sat the mocks.

"Are accounting teacher told us what's coming up"

So do you expect me to try to forcefully find these mock papers and to look for a barcode while getting myself caught?

I don't expect you to do anything, but please don't muddy the waters.

QueenOfLeon

Lets try keep on topic, but remember that most schools haven't started the mocks yet so this thread will get much much busier in a few weeks time. When that happens, it'll get very tedious trawling through posts asking "Which company is this hint for???" so if you are going to give hints, please state which paper you are talking about.

spurious

Phoenix Wright wrote: »

Can anyone tell me the poets coming up on English Paper 2? We're doing the examcraft exam. I just did Paper 1, so if anyone wants information on that, I'll gladly be of assistance. I've also done examcraft Irish.

Post away, thanks.

aimzLc2

spurious wrote: »

Holy Jesus and his immaculately conceived mother, will you PLEASE state what company you are talking about, otherwise your information is utterly useless.

wow... i have never seen someone get so worked up before about a mock, they only use the 2 companies so its a 50 percent anyway , not such a big deal, eh relax...

spurious

aimzLc2 wrote: »

wow... i have never seen someone get so worked up before about a mock, they only use the 2 companies so its a 50 percent anyway , not such a big deal, eh relax...

You obviously have no idea of the moderation involved in this thread annually. If it carries on the way it is going, I will be talking to the other mods about whether to scrap it altogether.

There are four companies that I know of currently trying to get schools to buy their papers.

Reminding aimzLc2 that holding two accounts here is not acceptable. Please use one or the other.

spurious

Back on topic.

If posting, remember to

1. use spoilers (if you don't know how, find out)
2. state which company the paper is from
3. state what level paper it is


Thanks.

Jade.

aimzLc2 wrote: »

wow... i have never seen someone get so worked up before about a mock, they only use the 2 companies so its a 50 percent anyway , not such a big deal, eh relax...

There is actually more than two companies I know of 4 it's just that most schools tend to stick to the main two! They could easily get other ones though

aimzLc2

Jade. wrote: »

There is actually more than two companies I know of 4 it's just that most schools tend to stick to the main two! They could easily get other ones though

I am aware that it is not just 2 companies that exist , that is why,if you read my post, i said they only use two , every year as they are the most reliable companies.

Tanga1

German Examcraft Aural:

Right, just got the german aural done. The least we deserve is some feedback on what came up in your mocks.

the mock company is examcraft

the first question is an interview of someone who moved to german. from what i can hear she is from utopia. it is the easiest questions out of all the others. i don't think you will need help.

the phone call is to a person named Kayser. the problem is that he won the lottery or some competition but there was some problem with his bank account.
one of the emotion verbs it asks you to write at the end is unglaublich and complicated.

the next question is between a 2 students. they are talking about what to do after the leaving cert. he is neutral or some verb saying not happy *answer c.the thing he planned was to go to Italy and eat in italian restaurants and go to the disco.

the last one was the most difficult (in my opinion) *the news. the first one was why do the boys not cooperate in school. (i guessed!) and it also asked you what percentage of girls did something something (the answer is 58%)
the next one was about a crash (a bus and a car). no one was injured but one of them was shocked. the next question asked you to describe 2 people (they were 18 and 23 years old and from berlin). and the other part of it was why the police arrested them (they stole cars and one of them had no driving license)
the weather was about (rain, shower, strong wind) and for 2morrow (rain and a word (wessen) i think)

thats all i know!