Revision Booklet

December 2022
Grade 8
This booklet contains all topics that you need to revise for every subject including, where
necessary, textbook pages to revise from. If you are unsure of anything, please see your teachers
as soon as possible.

This exam will make up 40% of your end of term grade that will be reported to your parents. The
remaining 60% will be from continuous assessment throughout the term.

Remember, being successful in exams and tests is a

simple two-step process – believe in yourself and
back it up with plain old hard work. Good luck!
 Topics to Revise

English

Listening:

Listening comprehension

Grammar/Vocabulary:

Understanding meaning from the text

Reading:

Comprehension

Writing:

Error correction

Maths

Unit 1: Integers, powers and roots – Page 8 - 17

Unit 2: Sequences, expressions and formulae – Page 19 – 30

Unit 3: Place value, ordering and rounding Page 32 – 43

Unit 4: Length, mass and capacity – Page 45 – 49

Unit 5: Ang - 69

Unit 9: Simplifying expressions - Page 95 - 101

Chemistry

Unit 6: Material Properties Page 94-125

o 6.1 Atom Page 94-95f

o 6.2 Elements and their symbols Page 96-97f

o 6.3 Discovering Elements Page 98-99f

o 6.6 Explaining differences between metal and non-metal Page 104-105f

o 6.7 What are compounds? Page 106-107

o 6.8 Making a compound Page 108-109

o 6.9 Naming compound and writing formulae Page 110-111

o 6.10 Oxides, hydroxides, sulfates and carbonates Page 112-113

o 6.11 Chlorides Page 114-115

o 6.12 Mixtures Page 116-117

o 6.13 Separating mixtures - filtering and decanting Page 118-119

o 6.14 Separating mixtures - evaporation and distillation Page 120-121

o 6.16 Separating mixtures chromatography Page 124-125

Biology

Unit 6: Plants

6.1. Why we need plants (page 84-85) fibished

6.2. Enquiry: Asking scientific questions (page 86-87)

6.3. Water and minerals (page 88-89)f

6.4. Review (page 90-91)f

Unit 7: Food

7.1. Food (page 92-93)f

7.3. A balanced diet (page 96-97)f

7.4. Deficiencies (page 98-99)

7.5. Extension: Choosing Food (page 100-101)

7.6. Review (102-103)f

Review slides, notes on notebook and all given assessments

Physics

Unit 4: Forces and Motion – Page 80 – 87 + copybook notes + PowerPoint presentation

o Speed

o Distance-time graph

o Acceleration & Speed-time graph

Unit 5: Sound – Page 94 – 107 + copybook notes + PowerPoint presentation

o Properties of sound waves

o Detecting sounds

o Speed of sound

o Echoes

Textbook: Complete Physics for Cambridge Secondary 1

You should bring your own calculator.

ICT

Unit 1: collecting information pg 6-26

unit 2: Designing a document pg 30-62

unit 3: Multimedia presentations (only Practicals are included)

Practical: Microsoft Word and & Notes included

French

● Comprehension :
Lire le texte et répondre aux questions suivantes.

● Grammaire:
1-verbe faire,vendre et acheter au présent de líndicatif.

2-Composer une phrase avec ses verbes.

3-Qui?Que?

4-Mets la phrase en ordre.

5-La négation:ne–pas/ne—jamais/ne—plus

● Production écrite:
Mets une histoire en ordre chronologique.