Command terms

Give valid reasons or evidence to support an answer or conclusion. (See also “Explain”).

• List

• Document

• State

• Justify

Put ideas and information into a proper or systematic order

• Sketch

• Summarize

• Organize

• Verify

Give a specific name, value or other brief answer without explanation or calculation.

• Plot

• State

• Identify

• Construct

Give a brief account or summary.

• Outline

• Label

• Interpret

• Recall

Use knowledge and understanding in response to a given situation or real

circumstances. Use an idea, equation, principle, theory or law in relation to a given

problem or issue.

• Comment

• Construct

• Calculate

• Apply

Use knowledge and understanding to recognize trends and draw conclusions from

given information.

• Present

• Interpret

• Identify

• Plot

Produce a plan, simulation or model.

• Design

• Draw

• Write

• Describe

Give a detailed account or picture of a situation, event, pattern or process

• Describe

• Analyse

• Classify

• Demonstrate

Give a detailed account including reasons and causes.

• Evaluate

• Explain

• Document

• Estimate

Express precisely and systematically the relevant concept(s) or argument(s).

• List

• Label

• Formulate

• Recall