Prompts for Students

Unlock smarter study with ready-to-use prompts designed for students aged 13–18. Whether you’re revising, writing an essay, preparing for exams, or developing a project, these prompts help you learn faster, think deeper, and stay organised. Perfect for GCSE, A Level, IB, and any subject where you want to boost your understanding and confidence.

Revision & Understanding

Explain It Back to Me

Explain [insert topic] clearly as if you are my tutor. Break it into 3–4 simple steps, include the key terms I must know, and provide one short analogy or real-life example to help me remember it. Keep the explanation suitable for [GCSE / A Level / IB] level and avoid unnecessary jargon

Test Me Quickly

Create a 10-question quiz on [topic] for [GCSE / A Level / IB] revision. Include a mix of multiple-choice, short-answer, and higher-order questions that require explanation. After I complete the quiz, mark my answers, highlight any errors, and give a brief correction for each wrong response.

Fix My Misconceptions

Ask me 5 short questions to identify what I do and don’t understand about [topic]. After I answer, summarise my misconceptions and give me clear, step-by-step explanations to correct them. Include one example or mini practice question to reinforce the corrected understanding

AI as a Tutor

Act as my GCSE History teacher. I am revising for my exam on the causes of World War I. Create 10 progressively difficult retrieval practice questions (short answer and one source analysis question) and provide the concise answers in a hidden note.

Subject Mastery (Any Subject)

Teach Me the Hard Parts

Identify the most difficult parts of [topic] for students my age. Explain each tricky idea in short, simple steps and provide one memory trick, analogy, or mini example to help me remember it. Keep it accessible but accurate.

Turn It Into a Diagram

Turn [topic] into a clear, text-based diagram. Include labelled sections, bullet points, arrows, and step-by-step flow where needed. Make sure the structure helps me see how the parts connect and highlight any cause-effect relationships.

Exam Board Style Practice

Write two exam-style questions for [exam board] on [topic] at [GCSE / A Level / IB] level. Include one shorter question and one extended-response question. Provide a simple mark scheme showing what earns full marks and what a strong answer should include.

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Study Skills & Organisation

Build My Revision Plan

Create a weekly revision timetable for my subjects ([list]) from now until [exam date]. Include recommended study hours, which topics to cover each week, when to revisit topics, and when to complete past papers or practice questions.

Summarise Notes for Revision

have a 2,000-word university-level lecture transcript about post-war British social policy (1945-1979). Summarise the key arguments and dates into bullet points suitable for A-Level revision notes.

Goal Setting and Breakdown

I need to complete my A-Level Biology coursework project on enzyme kinetics in three weeks. Act as a project manager. Create a week-by-week schedule with specific, measurable tasks (SMART goals) to ensure I finish on time.

Writing & Essays

Improve My Paragraph

Rewrite this paragraph to improve clarity, structure, analytical depth, and academic tone: [paste paragraph]. After rewriting it, list the specific improvements you made (e.g., stronger vocabulary, better linking phrases, clearer reasoning, tighter structure). Make sure it reads like high-quality [GCSE / A Level / IB] writing

Improve My Writing

Take my draft below and improve clarity, coherence, and style for a <year group> student by strengthening sentence flow, eliminating repetition, enhancing academic tone, and ensuring it meets the curriculum focus on <skill: analysis/evaluation/comparison>, while keeping within <word count>

Model Paragraph Generator

Create a model PEEL/TEE paragraph for <text or topic> that matches <exam board or curriculum>, shows high-quality evidence and analysis, links to the theme of <theme>, and uses ambitious vocabulary suitable for a <KS3/GCSE/IB> student, staying under <word count>

Prompts for Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics)

Concept Simplification

Explain the process/theory of [INSERT SCIENCE CONCEPT, e.g., 'cellular respiration', 'momentum', 'thermal decomposition'] (as required for [INSERT ACADEMIC LEVEL, e.g., 'GCSE Physics', 'A-Level Chemistry']) using an analogy based on [INSERT A FAMILIAR, NON-SCIENTIFIC SCENARIO, e.g., 'a sports game', 'a busy kitchen', 'traffic lights'] to make it easier to understand.

Application of Scientific Principles

Using the principles of [INSERT SCIENTIFIC LAW/THEORY, e.g., 'Newton's Third Law', 'Le Chatelier's Principle', 'Natural Selection'], explain why [INSERT REAL-WORLD PHENOMENON, e.g., 'a rocket takes off', 'increasing pressure increases the yield of ammonia', 'antibiotic resistance occurs']

Comparing and Contrasting

Create a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting [INSERT CONCEPT 1, e.g., 'mitosis'] and [INSERT CONCEPT 2, e.g., 'meiosis']. Ensure you include at least three key similarities and four key differences.

Prompts for Problem Solving & Calculation / Mathematics

Step-by-Step Problem Solving

Solve the mathematical problem/equation: [PASTE YOUR MATHS PROBLEM HERE, e.g., 'Solve $3(x+2) - 5 = 19$', or 'Find the volume of a cone with radius 5cm and height 12cm']. Provide the solution in four clear, labelled steps, and explain the reasoning for the first step (e.g., expanding brackets, choosing a formula

Formula Recall and Application

I am preparing for a [GCSE/A-Level] exam. State the formula for [INSERT MATHEMATICAL CONCEPT, e.g., 'the gradient of a line', 'compound interest', 'the cosine rule']. Then, create a word problem that requires me to use the formula to find [INSERT VARIABLE TO BE CALCULATED]

Proof Breakdown

Act as a Maths tutor. Explain the proof that the angles in any triangle sum to $180^\circ$ in simple, Key Stage 3 language. Break the explanation down into three main stages with a short summary of each stage.

Act as a Maths tutor. Explain the proof for [INSERT THEOREM OR RULE, e.g., 'Pythagoras' Theorem', 'the derivative of $x^n$'] in simple, Key Stage 4 language. Break the explanation down into three main stages with a short summary of each stage

Concept Simplification/Analogy

Explain the concept of [INSERT MATHS CONCEPT, e.g., 'simultaneous equations', 'negative correlation', 'trigonometric functions'] as if you were speaking to a KS3 student. Use a simple real-world analogy based on [INSERT FAMILIAR SCENARIO, e.g., 'shopping', 'a car journey', 'a set of scales'] to illustrate the core idea