command words

Paper 2

Formatted as reading comprehension

Paper 1

Formatted as formal essay

To what extent…

Encourages balance and evaluation

Summarize

Select and present the main points, without details

Suggest

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

State

Express in clear terms

justify

Support a case with evidence/argument

Identity

Name/select/recognize

Give

produce an answer from a given source or recall/memory

Explain

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

Examine

Investigate closely, in detail

Evaluate

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

Discuss

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

Develop

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

Describe

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

Demonstrate

Show how or give an example

Consider

Review and respond to given information

Assess

Make an informed judgement

Analyze

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