Command words that ask you to add to something OCR definition
How you should approach it
Annotate
• Add information, for example, to a table, diagram or graph until it is final. • Add all the needed or appropriate parts.
Add short notes to the table/diagram/graph to say what each part is.
Complete
• Add all the needed or appropriate parts. • Add information, for example, to a table, diagram or graph until it is final.
Add the information that is missing. Often you will need to give just one word as an answer but sometimes you may need to write more. You may need to finish drawing a diagram or graph.
Fill in
• Add all the needed or appropriate parts. • Add information, for example, to a table, diagram or graph until it is final.
Add the information that is missing. Often you will need to give just one word as an answer but sometimes you may need to write more.
Label
• Add information, for example, to a table, This often refers to a diagram or a picture. Add diagram or graph until it is final. words or short phrases to say what each part • Add all the necessary or appropriate parts. is. You could add arrows next to your label that point to the right part of the diagram/graph.
FT
Command word
Command words that ask you to do your maths Command word
OCR definition
Calculate
• Get a numerical answer showing how it has been worked out.
How you should approach it
Do your maths. Give the final answer but make sure you show how you got there.
A
Command words that ask you to give the main points OCR definition
How you should approach it
Outline
• Give a short account, summary or description.
Write about the main points. Don’t write lots of detailed information.
State
• Give factors or features. • Give short, factual answers.
Give a short answer that names factors or features of something. Sometimes you will be asked to give a certain number of factors/features.
R
Command word
D
Command words that ask you to be factual Command word
OCR definition
How you should approach it
Describe
• Give an account including all the relevant characteristics, qualities or events. • Give a detailed account of.
This is the ‘what’. Write about what something is.
Explain
• Give reasons for and/or causes of. This is the ‘how’ and the ‘why’. Write about how • Use the words or phrases such as ‘because’, something happens or works and why it does. ‘therefore’ or ‘this means that’ in answers.
Preparing for the exam
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