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Don't Save Past Papers for a Final Test of Ability — Open Them on Day One: When to Start, How Many Years, How Many Passes
2026-07-23 18:00:00 · Exam Prep
This column replaces the received wisdom that past papers are something you solve in the final stretch, as a test of ability, once your skills have matured. A past paper is not a scoring device to place at the end of your studies — it is a map to open on day one. How to extract the question format, point weighting, and time limit from the most recent year on your very first day; benchmarks for how many years to work through for university entrance exams, TOEIC, Eiken, and professional certifications; a three-pass design that separates measurement, execution practice, and error recovery; a backward-planning formula from exam day; a year-by-section score matrix for locating weaknesses; and the three things you must not do. Every step comes with the reason it works.
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