Command Words

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

Take forward to a more advanced stage or build upon given information.

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

Apply knowledge and understanding to situations where there is a range of valid responses in order to make proposals.

Recognize/Select/Name

Show how or give an example

Identify/Comment on differences

Express in clear terms

select and present the main points, without detail

write about issue(s) or topic(s) in depth in a structured way

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

express in clear terms

Describe

Compare

Analyse

Evaluate

Develop

Summarise

Compare

Analyse

identify/comment on differences

write about issue(s) or topic(s) in depth in a structured way

Give a precise meaning

name/select/recognise

choose and present the main points, without detail

apply knowledge and understanding to situations where there are a range of valid responses to make proposals/put forward considerations

deduce or conclude (something) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.

express in clear terms

Describe

Analyse

Predict

Examine

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

Take forward to a more advanced stage or build upon given information.

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

Apply knowledge and understanding to situations where there is a range of valid responses in order to make proposals.

Recognize/Select/Name

Show how or give an example

Identify/Comment on differences

Express in clear terms