Command words exam

Give the exact meaning

• Define

• Justify

• Estimate

• Analyse

suggest reasons how or why something happened.

• Discuss

• Explain

• Define

• Identify

Pick out/Name/ Select/ Recognise

• Explain

• Compare

• Identify

• Contrast

support your answer with a reason/evidence

• Justify

• Explain

• State

• List

The keywords are given (only short sentences)

• Identify

• List

• Discuss

• Compare

Look at two things and focus on the differences

• Compare

• Contrast

• Discuss

• Explain

Look closely at two or more things and look at the similarities and differences

• Discuss

• Compare

• Contrast

• Explain