Command Words & Important Words for Logic Thinking Skills AICE

identify/comment on similarities and/or differences

• Analyse

• Assess

• Calculate

• Compare

Examine in detail to show meaning, identify elements and the relationship between them

• Analyse

• Assess

• Calculate

• Compare

make an informed judgement

• Analyse

• Assess

• Calculate

• Compare

work out from given facts, figures or information

• Analyse

• Assess

• Calculate

• Compare

judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something

• Evaluate

• Explain

• Give

• Identify

set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things evident / provide why and/or how and support with relevant evidence

• Evaluate

• Explain

• Give

• Identify

produce an answer from a given source or recall/memory

• Evaluate

• Explain

• Give

• Identify

name/select/recognise

• Evaluate

• Explain

• Give

• Identify

express in clear terms

• Justify

• Predict

• State

• Suggest

apply knowledge and understanding to situations where there are a range of valid responses in order to make proposals

• Justify

• Predict

• State

• Suggest