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Edexcel IGCSE Physics question types

All 2,015 original, past-paper-style questions sorted by the skill each one practises, topic by topic: 124 question types in total. Pick a type to open the topic with only those questions shown, each with its full mark scheme.

Ready to combine skills? Concept clusters: 44 original multi-part questions, each built on one setup that needs several subchapters at once.

The skills

Recalling definitions and factsState, define and identify: the facts and laws you need without any working.
Reasoning qualitativelyChoose the right physics idea without a full calculation: directions, which statement is correct, why something happens.
Calculating with one relationshipPick one equation, rearrange it, substitute and give the answer with a unit.
Solving multi-step problemsChain two or more ideas, where the answer to one step feeds the next.
Predicting changes and ratiosWhat happens when one quantity changes: factors, ratios and proportional reasoning.
Writing explanationsExplain, describe and outline in words, linking cause and effect with physics.
Reading and interpreting graphsValues, gradients and areas from a graph, and what its shape tells you.
Drawing graphs and diagramsSketch graphs and draw ray, field, force, circuit and wave diagrams.
Deriving and showing resultsShow that, derive and verify: every step written out.
Processing data and uncertaintiesTables of results, uncertainties, significant figures and best-fit lines.
Planning and evaluating experimentsMethod, variables, sources of error and improvements.

Exam tip: a topic can feel secure while one skill in it is weak. If you can do the calculations but lose marks on explanations or graphs, practise that question type on its own.

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IGCSE Physics (Edexcel 4PH1)

2,015 questions. By skill: Recalling definitions and facts 143, Reasoning qualitatively 198, Calculating with one relationship 682, Solving multi-step problems 535, Predicting changes and ratios 33, Writing explanations 296, Reading and interpreting graphs 26, Drawing graphs and diagrams 1, Processing data and uncertainties 65, Planning and evaluating experiments 36.

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