1. Follow the commands 👏 Bonus prize if you can Identify AO1, AO2 & AO3
Exam terminology
Follow the commands
👏 Bonus prize if you can Identify AO1, AO2 & AO3

2. Finish a task by adding to given information.
Complete
Finish a task by adding to given information.

3. Comprehension is essential to exam success

4. Name or otherwise characterise.
Identify
Name or otherwise characterise.

5. Select from a range of alternatives.
Choose
Select from a range of alternatives.

6. Choose or pick out from alternatives.
Select
Choose or pick out from alternatives.

7. State
Express in clear terms.

8. Provide appropriate names on a diagram.
Label
Provide appropriate names on a diagram.

9. Identify using a recognised technical term.
Name
Identify using a recognised technical term.

10. Select from alternatives.
Which is
Select from alternatives.

11. Provide information in verbatim form.
Write
Provide information in verbatim form.

12. Set out main characteristics.
Outline
Set out main characteristics.

13. Describe
Give an account of.

14. What is meant by
Give a definition.

15. Present an informed opinion.
Comment
Present an informed opinion.

16. Explain why
Give a detailed account of reasons in relation to a particular situation.

17. Review and respond to given information.
Consider
Review and respond to given information.

18. Justify
Provide reasons, reasoned argument to support, possibly provide evidence.

19. Work out the value of something.
Calculate
Work out the value of something.

20. Analyse
Separate information into components and identify their characteristics.

21. Identify similarities and/or differences.
Compare
Identify similarities and/or differences.

22. Present a possible case/solution.
Suggest
Present a possible case/solution.

23. Produce an answer from recall or from given information.

24. Distinguish
Explain ways in which two things differ. Provide detail of characteristic that enable a person to know the difference between …

25. Set out purposes or reasons.
Explain
Set out purposes or reasons.

26. Give a detailed account of a process or way of doing something.
Explain how
Give a detailed account of a process or way of doing something.

27. Judge from available evidence.
Evaluate
Judge from available evidence.

28. Discuss
Present key points about different ideas or strengths and weaknesses of an idea.

29. Draw
Produce a diagram.

30. Set out how something will be done.
Design
Set out how something will be done.