Generate past-paper-style exam questions with a marking scheme
New questions that match your exam's style and mark allocation, with a marking scheme and model answers at the end.
The prompt
Write new practice questions in the style of my final exam, with a marking scheme.
Course and topic(s): [DETAILS]
Sample past paper questions: [PASTE 2-3 REAL QUESTIONS SO YOU CAN MATCH THE STYLE, or describe the format]
Question types and marks: [e.g. "10-mark short answer", "25-mark essay", "multi-part calculation"]
Number of questions: [e.g. 4]
My notes or ranked topic list (optional): [PASTE - or the priorities from step 1]
Rules:
- Match the command words (explain, evaluate, compare, calculate), length, and difficulty of the samples.
- Test understanding and application, not just recall, unless the sample questions are recall-based.
- Stay within the topics and material I've given. Flag anything that goes beyond it.
- These are practice questions. Don't present them as likely exam questions.
Return:
1. The questions, with marks and a suggested time per question based on the exam's marks-per-minute.
2. Then, clearly separated, a marking scheme showing where marks are awarded (points, steps, or level descriptors for essays).
3. Then, a model answer or outline for each question.
4. Then, common ways students lose marks on each question.
Put the marking scheme and answers well below the questions so I can attempt them first under timed conditions. This is step 2 of the "Ace your university final exams" pack. It works on its own, and can use the ranked topic list from step 1 to choose topics.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- DETAILS
- e.g. 4
- PASTE - or the priorities from step 1
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the Few-Shot structure (Few-shot prompting). A few-shot prompt includes one or more worked examples of the input and the output you want, so the model can copy the pattern instead of guessing it.
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