How To Score A+ in SPM Chemistry

You should start revising each and every chapter in the syllabus now.
How? Follow these tips:
1. Master basic but important concept
2. Memorize important facts and processes
3. Practise past-year SPM papers
4. Practise all trial papers
5. Useful information and guideline

Master basic but important concepts

You must at least know how to write correct chemical/ionic/half equation, do
simple calculation and understand basic chemical concept likes Mole
Concept. Note that there are only a few types of calculations in Chemistry, so
please master all the calculations. Try to learn them yourselves reading the
reference books first. If you really couldn’t understand them, you should seek
help from your class teacher.

Memorize important facts and processe

Memorize the colours of chemical substances, understand the salt
preparation process… It works effectively although some might argue that
memorizing facts is the wrong way of learning.
However, I strongly recommend you to understand each concept
and fact before you start memorizing them.
Learning Chemistry becomes more exciting and enjoyable using this method.
Salt ; Carbon compound ; Chemical reaction ; Chemical formula ; Nuemonic

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Practise past-year SPM papers
Past-year SPM questions will repeat from time to time because of the limited
scope covered in SPM Chemistry syllabus.

Practice makes perfect. Try every question and learn from your mistakes

For essay questions, get the marking schema from your teachers so that you
can see how the marks are allocated and which points or keywords deserve full
mark, etc.

Practise all trial papers

You can either exchange SPM trial papers with your friends
from other states or get them online through certain webs
Try Maktab Rendah Sains Mara (MRSM) SPM trial papers too!

Sometimes, one or more exact or similar questions will come out in the actual
SPM Chemistry paper.
After SPM trial examinations, try to get other states’
SPM trial papers and practise them.

Some useful information and guideline that you

should have in preparing yourself for Chemistry SPM
CHECKLIST FOR SCORING GRADE A+ IN CHEMISTRY SPM
List of important command/task words, with examples
The words used in examination questions often indicate what sort of answers
are expected.
Common mistakes made by candidates AND Answering Techniques
CAlCULATION IN CHEMISTRY SPM
There are only a few types of calculations in Chemistry SPM, you can master
all the calculations by doing more practice.