IGCSE Command words

Calculate

work out from given facts, figures or information

Comment

Give an informed opinion

Compare

Identify/comment in similarities and/or differences

Consider

Review and respond to given information

Contrast

Identify/comment on differences

Deduce

Conclude from available information

Define

Give a precise meaning

Describe

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

Determine

Establish an answer using the information available

Discuss

Write about issues or topics in depth in a structured way

Evaluate

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

Examine

Investigate closely, in detail

Explain

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

Give

Produce an answer from a given source or recall/memory

Identify

Name/select/recognise

Justify

Support a cause with evidence/argument

Outline

Set out the main points

Predict

Suggest what may happen based on available information

Show (that)

Provide structured evidence that leads to a given result

Sketch

Make a simple freehand drawing showing the key features, taking care over proportions

State

Express in clear terms

Suggest

Apply knowledge and understanding to situations where there is a range of valid responses in order to make proposals/put forward considerations