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Command Words

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Analyze

a)

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

b)

examine something in detail to determine its meaning, identify its elements and determine the relationship between them

c)

make an informed judgement

d)

select and present the main points, without detail

2.

Assess

a)

identify/comment on similarities and/or differences

b)

express in clear terms

c)

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

d)

make an informed judgement

3.

Compare

a)

take forward to a more advanced stage by expanding or building upon given information

b)

review and respond to given information

c)

investigate closely, in detail

d)

identify/comment on similarities and/or differences

4.

Consider

a)

review and respond to given information

b)

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

c)

produce an answer by referring to reading material or recall from memory (depending on how the question is framed)

d)

show how or give an example

5.

Contrast

a)

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

b)

identify/comment on differences

c)

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

d)

support a case with evidence/reasoning

6.

Demonstrate

a)

name/select/recognise

b)

examine something in detail to determine its meaning, identify its elements and determine the relationship between them

c)

show how or give an example

d)

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

7.

Describe

a)

state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features

b)

produce an answer by referring to reading material or recall from memory (depending on how the question is framed)

c)

express in clear terms

d)

review and respond to given information

8.

Develop

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

take forward to a more advanced stage by expanding or building upon given information

9.

Discuss

a)

review and respond to given information

b)

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

c)

make an informed judgement

d)

show how or give an example

10.

Evaluate

a)

select and present the main points, without detail

b)

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

c)

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

d)

express in clear terms

11.

Examine

a)

produce an answer by referring to reading material or recall from memory (depending on how the question is framed)

b)

identify/comment on similarities and/or differences

c)

investigate closely, in detail

d)

support a case with evidence/reasoning

12.

Explain

a)

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

b)

name/select/recognise

c)

examine something in detail to determine its meaning, identify its elements and determine the relationship between them

d)

investigate closely, in detail

13.

Give

a)

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

b)

show how or give an example

c)

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

d)

produce an answer by referring to reading material or recall from memory (depending on how the question is framed)

14.

Identify

a)

investigate closely, in detail

b)

name/select/recognise

c)

express in clear terms

d)

identify/comment on differences

15.

Justify

a)

show how or give an example

b)

make an informed judgement

c)

support a case with evidence/reasoning

d)

express in clear terms

16.

State

a)

express in clear terms

b)

make an informed judgement

c)

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

d)

select and present the main points, without detail

17.

Suggest

a)

examine something in detail to determine its meaning, identify its elements and determine the relationship between them

b)

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

c)

produce an answer by referring to reading material or recall from memory (depending on how the question is framed)

d)

identify/comment on similarities and/or differences

18.

Summarise

a)

state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features

b)

express in clear terms

c)

identify/comment on similarities and/or differences

d)

select and present the main points, without detail