Practical Lab — Past-Year Paper 5

Virtual versions of real O-Level Science (Chemistry) Practical Tests. Do the experiment on the bench, but — just like the real exam — you record every observation and calculation in the laboratory notebook, and it's marked like the actual paper.

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Version A — guided notebook

2025 Paper 5 (5088/05)

Epsom salt: find x in MgSO₄·xH₂O by heating, then identify the ions in mixture B. Observations are recorded by completing dropdown sentences — great scaffolding for a first attempt.

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Version B — written & auto-marked

2025 Paper 5 (5088/05)

The same practical, but you write every observation in your own words — the notebook marks them offline against the real mark scheme's points and tells you what's missing. Exam-realistic.

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Version A — guided notebook

2024 Paper 5 (5078/05)

Identify the two acids in W, then run an iodine clock — measure the reagents, add X to start the stopwatch, and time the blue-black as you change the concentration. Then calculate the rates.

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Version B — written & auto-marked

2024 Paper 5 (5078/05)

The same QA + rate practical, with observations written in your own words and the rate calculations auto-marked.

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Version A — guided notebook

2023 Paper 5 (5078/05)

Heat solid A (zinc carbonate) and watch it turn yellow when hot, white when cold; test the gas with limewater; then identify the ions in B and C and describe a separation technique.

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Version B — written & auto-marked

2023 Paper 5 (5078/05)

The same thermal-decomposition + qualitative-analysis practical, written in your own words and auto-marked against the real mark scheme.

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Version A — guided notebook

2022 Paper 5 (5076/05)

Identify the ions in solution P, then run a real burette titration against purple KMnO₄ — drag the tap, watch the self-indicating end-point, and calculate the Fe²⁺ concentration. Optional redox titration curve.

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Version B — written & auto-marked

2022 Paper 5 (5076/05)

The same QA + redox-titration practical, with observations written in your own words and the calculations auto-marked.

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Version A — guided notebook

2021 Paper 5 (5076/05)

Qualitative analysis: identify the three ions in salt S by wet tests, a zinc reduction (with a hydrogen "pop" test) and a manganate(VII) redox test. Observations recorded via dropdown sentences.

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Version B — written & auto-marked

2021 Paper 5 (5076/05)

The same qualitative-analysis practical, but you write every observation in your own words — auto-marked offline against the real mark scheme's points.

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Version A — guided notebook

2020 Paper 5 (5076/05)

Identify solid P and solution Q: heat P and pass the gas into limewater, then wet tests with barium nitrate, silver nitrate, ammonia and sodium hydroxide, ending with a drop-count iodine comparison. Observations recorded via dropdown sentences.

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Version B — written & auto-marked

2020 Paper 5 (5076/05)

The same practical, but you write every observation in your own words — auto-marked offline against the real mark scheme's points.

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Version A — guided notebook

2019 Paper 5 (5076/05)

Hydrogen peroxide two ways: reduce purple manganate(VII) and oxidise potassium iodide, relight glowing splints, then decide when W is an oxidising or a reducing agent. Observations recorded via dropdown sentences.

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Version B — written & auto-marked

2019 Paper 5 (5076/05)

The same redox practical, but you write every observation in your own words — auto-marked offline against the real mark scheme's points.

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Version A — guided notebook

2018 Paper 5 (5078/05)

Qualitative analysis of solutions Q and R: make and keep solution X, displace iron with granulated zinc, and finish with the aluminium-foil nitrate test. Observations recorded via dropdown sentences.

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Version B — written & auto-marked

2018 Paper 5 (5078/05)

The same practical, but you write every observation in your own words — auto-marked offline against the real mark scheme's points.

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Version A — guided notebook

2017 Paper 5 (5078/05)

Mix X and Y in the beaker, filter off the green salt Z (moving the funnel once the filtrate runs clear!), test X and Y, then prove Z is iron(II) carbonate. Observations recorded via dropdown sentences.

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Version B — written & auto-marked

2017 Paper 5 (5078/05)

The same mixing-and-filtering practical, but you write every observation in your own words — auto-marked offline against the real mark scheme's points.