GCSE OCR Command Words

What does the command word "Annotate" mean in the context of assessment material?

• Produce a plan, simulation or model.

• Add brief notes to a diagram or graph.

• Assess the implications and limitations.

• Give a sequence of brief answers with no explanation.

What is expected when the command word "Compare" is used in an assessment?

• Provide all the necessary or appropriate parts.

• Change the form, character, or function of something.

• Give an account of the similarities and differences between two (or more) items or situations, referring to both (all) of them throughout.

• Make lines and marks on paper with a pencil, pen, etc.

If you are asked to "Justify" something in an assessment, what are you being asked to do?

• Give valid reasons or evidence to support an answer or conclusion.

• Add title, labels or brief explanation(s) to a diagram or graph.

• Put the responses into a logical sequence.

• Give a sequence of brief answers with no explanation.

What does it mean to "Refine" something according to the command words used in assessments?

• Join something to something else so as to increase the size, number, or amount.

• Break down in order to bring out the essential elements or structure.

• Make more efficient, improve, modify or edit.

• Provide an answer from a number of possibilities.

What does the command word "Show" mean in the context of the document?

• Mark an item with a tick or select a box on a form.

• Give steps in a derivation or calculation.

• Obtain the answer(s) using algebraic and/or numerical and/or graphical methods.

• Asking for information specifying something.

What is the definition of the command word "Solve" according to the document?

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

• Obtain the answer(s) using algebraic and/or numerical and/or graphical methods.

• Mark (letters, words, or other symbols) on a surface, typically paper, with a pen, pencil, or similar implement.

• Give steps in a derivation or calculation.

If you are asked to "State" something in an exam, what are you being asked to do?

• Give steps in a derivation or calculation.

• Mark an item with a tick or select a box on a form.

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

• Write something again so as to alter or improve it.

What does "Tick" refer to in the document?

• Asking for information specifying something.

• Mark an item with a tick or select a box on a form, questionnaire, etc. to indicate that something has been chosen.

• Obtain the answer(s) using algebraic and/or numerical and/or graphical methods.

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

According to the document, what does the command word "What" imply?

• Mark (letters, words, or other symbols) on a surface, typically paper, with a pen, pencil, or similar implement.

• Give steps in a derivation or calculation.

• Asking for information specifying something.

• Obtain the answer(s) using algebraic and/or numerical and/or graphical methods.

What is meant by "Write/Rewrite" in the context of the document?

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

• Mark an item with a tick or select a box on a form, questionnaire, etc. to indicate that something has been chosen.

• Asking for information specifying something.

• Mark (letters, words, or other symbols) on a surface, typically paper, with a pen, pencil, or similar implement/write (something) again so as to alter or improve it.