Past Papers

Every link below goes to the exam board’s own website, so you always get the official question papers, mark schemes and examiner reports. Further down, you will find my own topic questions, organised by specification point.

How to get the most from past papers

• Revise first, then test. Use topic questions while you are learning, and save full papers for the last few months.
• Do them timed. Sit full papers under exam conditions, with no notes.
• Mark strictly. Use the official mark scheme, and read the examiner report to see where marks are usually lost.
• Keep a mistakes list. Write down every question you got wrong and redo it a week later.

Note: exam boards usually publish the most recent papers to the public after a delay. Some recent papers are available to teachers only.

Official past papers by exam board

AQA

• GCSE Chemistry (8462)
• GCSE Physics (8463)
• AS and A-level Chemistry (7404 / 7405)
• AQA past paper finder (all subjects)

OCR

• AS and A Level Chemistry A (H032 / H432)
• AS and A Level Chemistry B, Salters (H033 / H433)

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE

• International GCSE Chemistry (4CH1)
• International GCSE Physics (4PH1)

On the Pearson pages, choose Exam materials in the filter to see past papers and mark schemes.

Cambridge International (CAIE)

• Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry (0620)
• Cambridge IGCSE Physics (0625)
• Cambridge O Level Chemistry (5070)
• Cambridge International AS and A Level Chemistry (9701)

My topic questions: AQA A-level Chemistry

Exam-style questions with worked answers, organised by AQA specification point (7404 / 7405). Tap a section to open it.

Physical chemistry (3.1)

Spec point	Topic	Questions
3.1.1	Atomic structure	[add link]
3.1.2	Amount of substance	[add link]
3.1.3	Bonding	[add link]
3.1.4	Energetics	[add link]
3.1.5	Kinetics	[add link]
3.1.6	Chemical equilibria, Le Chatelier’s principle and Kc	[add link]
3.1.7	Oxidation, reduction and redox equations	[add link]
3.1.8	Thermodynamics (A-level only)	[add link]
3.1.9	Rate equations (A-level only)	[add link]
3.1.10	Equilibrium constant Kp (A-level only)	[add link]
3.1.11	Electrode potentials and cells (A-level only)	[add link]
3.1.12	Acids and bases (A-level only)	[add link]

Inorganic chemistry (3.2)

Spec point	Topic	Questions
3.2.1	Periodicity	[add link]
3.2.2	Group 2, the alkaline earth metals	[add link]
3.2.3	Group 7, the halogens	[add link]
3.2.4	Period 3 elements and their oxides (A-level only)	[add link]
3.2.5	Transition metals (A-level only)	[add link]
3.2.6	Reactions of ions in aqueous solution (A-level only)	[add link]

Organic chemistry (3.3)

Spec point	Topic	Questions
3.3.1	Introduction to organic chemistry	[add link]
3.3.2	Alkanes	[add link]
3.3.3	Halogenoalkanes	[add link]
3.3.4	Alkenes	[add link]
3.3.5	Alcohols	[add link]
3.3.6	Organic analysis	[add link]
3.3.7	Optical isomerism (A-level only)	[add link]
3.3.8	Aldehydes and ketones (A-level only)	[add link]
3.3.9	Carboxylic acids and derivatives (A-level only)	[add link]
3.3.10	Aromatic chemistry (A-level only)	[add link]
3.3.11	Amines (A-level only)	[add link]
3.3.12	Polymers (A-level only)	[add link]
3.3.13	Amino acids, proteins and DNA (A-level only)	[add link]
3.3.14	Organic synthesis (A-level only)	[add link]
3.3.15	NMR spectroscopy (A-level only)	[add link]
3.3.16	Chromatography (A-level only)	[add link]

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