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Turn your notes into an exam coach

Feed in your notes and past questions, and AI becomes a tutor that drills you, marks you, and shows you exactly what to fix.

The short answer

Give the AI your notes and the style of questions you’ll face, and have it generate practice questions, mark your answers against the criteria, and tell you exactly what to improve. It’s a tutor that tests you the way the exam will — and never runs out of patience.

A good tutor does two things: tests you in the exam’s real format, and gives specific feedback on how to score higher. AI does both instantly and for free. Feed it your actual material and the question style, and it becomes a drill partner that finds your weak spots before the exam does — which is the entire point of revision.

The students who do best are not the ones who read the most; they are the ones who practised under realistic conditions and fixed their mistakes. AI makes that loop fast and endless.

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Beginner

Practice questions on demand

Stop guessing what might come up — generate realistic questions straight from your own notes, in the exam’s style, then answer and get marked.

  1. 1Paste your notes.
  2. 2Describe the exam’s question style and marking.
  3. 3Ask for practice questions in that exact style.
  4. 4Answer them, then ask for honest marking.

Copy-paste prompts

promptFrom these notes, write 10 practice questions in the style of [exam], mixing recall and application: [paste].
promptHere’s my answer to one of them: [paste]. Mark it like an examiner against the criteria and tell me how to get full marks.
promptWhat topics from my notes are most likely to be tested, and which am I underprepared on? [paste]
promptWrite 5 quick exam-style questions on [topic] and wait for my answers before giving the model answers.
Intermediate

Targeted drilling

Spend your time where it actually counts — on the things you keep getting wrong — rather than re-covering what you already know. Tracking your misses and drilling them is the highest-leverage revision there is.

  1. 1Track the questions you miss.
  2. 2Ask for more practice on those exact topics.
  3. 3Have it explain the correct method, not just the answer.
  4. 4Re-test until they’re solid.

Copy-paste prompts

promptI keep getting [topic] questions wrong. Give me 5 more, increasing in difficulty, and explain the method after each.
promptShow me a model answer for this question and explain why it scores well: [question].
promptGive me the common mistakes students make on [topic] so I can avoid them.
promptTurn my last 5 wrong answers into a focused 20-minute drill: [paste].
Advanced

Exam-day simulation

Rehearse under realistic, timed conditions so the real thing feels familiar rather than frightening. Familiarity is half the battle — the calmer you are, the more of what you know you can actually use.

  1. 1Ask for a timed mini-mock in the real format.
  2. 2Answer it without notes.
  3. 3Get marked against the actual criteria.
  4. 4Review every miss before the day.

Copy-paste prompts

promptSet me a 30-minute mock on [topic] in [exam] style. Give the questions, I’ll answer, then mark me against the criteria and give a score.
promptBuild me a one-page “night before” revision sheet for [subject] — only the highest-yield points.
promptQuiz me rapid-fire on [subject] definitions until I get 10 right in a row.
promptAfter my mock, give me a 3-point plan for the last few days before the exam.
💡 AI can invent a plausible-but-wrong fact, so check anything critical against your syllabus or teacher. Use it to generate questions, drill and get feedback — but trust your verified notes for the facts themselves.

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