AI test prep: a plan, then practice until it sticks

1. Start with "Prepare for a test". Tell the tutor the subject, the topics and the date, for example "Chemistry test on Friday: moles, bonding and the periodic table".
2. Get a short plan. It splits the topics across the days you have left, weakest topics first, with a mixed review before the test.
3. Quiz yourself. Each session it asks one question at a time. Answer in your own words or with working.
4. Fix what's wrong. When an answer is wrong, it shows where it went wrong and explains it another way, then gives you a similar question.
5. Come back to weak spots. It keeps short notes on what you found tricky, so the next session starts there.

Re-reading notes feels productive because everything looks familiar, but recognising something isn't the same as being able to recall it in a test. A major review of study techniques rated practice testing and spaced practice as high utility, and re-reading and highlighting as low utility (Dunlosky et al., 2013). Our guide on how to study for a test explains the research and includes a 7-day plan you can follow.

• Maths: equations, fractions, geometry, statistics; write your working on the whiteboard and the tutor checks each line.
• Sciences: definitions, calculations, diagrams explained in words, required-practical theory.
• English and humanities: quotations and themes, key dates and causes, timed paragraph practice with feedback.
• Languages: vocabulary and grammar quizzes.

Questions are written for your grade and topics. AI-written questions can occasionally contain mistakes; if something looks wrong, ask the tutor to check it.

For these exams there's more than the tutor:

All practice questions are original. We don't copy past papers, and we don't claim to cover every topic in a specification.

In the final days, switch from learning new material to mixed practice and fixing mistakes. Do at least one timed practice under test conditions, review only what went wrong, and get a good night's sleep before the test. The tutor's quizzes in this phase mix all your topics, because the real test will.