Sample exam questions - EdexcelSentence completion and line matching

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Part ofChemistry (Single Science)Separate chemistry 1

Sentence completion and line matching

Foundation tier papers may include questions in which you have to complete a sentence, or draw lines to match correct options. These questions will include distractors, which are incorrect choices.

Make sure you only use words from the given list. When you answer a line matching question, use straight lines rather than complex wavy lines. Do not draw more lines than necessary to answer the question.

These questions have been written by Bitesize consultants as suggestions to the types of questions that may appear in an exam paper.

Sample question 1 - Foundation

Question

Transition metals have certain typical properties.

Choose words from the list to identify these properties.

[3 marks]

  • high melting point
  • low melting point
  • form colourless compounds
  • form coloured compounds
  • low boiling point
  • high boiling point

Sample question 2 - Foundation

Question

Brass is an alloy.

Draw lines to match brass to the names of the two main metals it contains.

[2 marks]

Brass and five possible metals contained within it: aluminium, copper, gold, iron and zinc.