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I’m going for my second attempt of p7 in june,13. Can you suggest me what should I focus from now. As I was busy in my articleship so couldnt give proper time to study. Now having one month left which things should i focus on. and any other tips for the exam.
I suggest that you get stuck into the revision kit of past exam questions and answers. To begin with, just read the question and then the answer. Do that 2 or 3 times for all the questions
On your fourth pass through, instead of going straight to the answer, take the correct length of planning time and plan the required number of points within that planning time allocation. Now check the answer
Planning time is “number of marks in the question ( or part of question ) / 2” So a 30 mark question is 15 minutes planning time to read, think and plan and then read the question requirement again before you commit pen to paper. That second reading is to ensure that your planned points, if written out in full in answer style, will address the question, the whole question and nothing but the question
I believe that with only one month to go it’s already too late to start thinking about revising IAS / IFRS and ISAs
In addition, when reading the printed solutions, do not allow yourself to get depressed by the length nor technical detail of the answers. No-one, absolutely no-one, is going to achieve answers of that length nor detail. Concentrate on noticing the style, the main points, the way that answers are sub-divided by headings, the way the verb in the question dictates the style of answer – “discuss” is radically different than “identify” or “describe”
read the exam technique article for P7 on this site ( and the “general” exam technique article too )
How would you suggest we revise the relevant IAS / IFRS and ISAs?
I went through all the BPP kit questions on IASs and IFRSs also skimmed through LSBF and OT notes. will that be enough?
As I don’t remember all the details of IASs I am kind of worried about it.
Are you aiming for 100%?
The suggested solutions are written by specialists in their field – the examiner! Or a BPP / Kaplan tutor who probably teaches nothing except F8 and P7
And they write their answers with the benefit of open books available for referencing and with no time pressure
You say you have gone through all the BPP questions and also skimmed through LSBF and OT notes. So now look at a BPP question again and try to plan, within the planning time allocation, a bullet point plan answer to the question.
It’s a 20 marker – so spend 10 minutes trying to dredge up 20 points within 10 minutes in bullet points ( NOT full sentences ) sufficient for you now to take those bullets in a structured sequence and make a sensible 2 / 3 line sentence which clearly expands that bullet into a markable point
Of course not! who would want 100% when I can pass with 50%+ 😀
But at the same time I want to make sure I don’t fall under 50%
Okay. thank you for the advice. will definitely practice like that.
Where I face problem is when I try to expand the bullet points into 2/3 lines, I overwrite.
Hopefully by practicing the above technique I can overcome that!
Discipline yourself! When you’ve reached the end of the second line, see if you cannot finish that sentence quickly ( ie with few more words ) and then let your continuing thought move into a new sentence / paragraph
I’m sorry but did you mean “see if I CAN finish that sentence quickly” or cannot? 😐
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Discipline yourself! When you’ve reached the end of the second line, see if you cannot finish that sentence quickly ( ie with few more words ) and then let your continuing thought move into a new sentence / paragraphI’m sorry but did you mean “see if I CAN finish that sentence quickly” or cannot? 😐
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