Cambridge IGCSE Drama 0411 syllabus for 2022, 2023 and 2024. Details of the assessment
Command words
Command words and their meanings help candidates know what is expected from them in the exams. The table
below includes command words used in the assessment for this syllabus. The use of the command word will relate
to the subject context.
Command word
What it means
Advise
write down a suggested course of action in a given situation
Describe
state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features
Evaluate
judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something
Explain
set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things evident / provide why
and/or how and support with relevant evidence
Explore
write in detail about particular aspects
Identify
name/select/recognise
Outline
set out main points
Suggest
apply knowledge and understanding to situations where there are a range of valid
responses in order to make proposals / put forward considerations
Phrases such as ‘How would you ...?’, ‘What advice would you give?’, ‘In what ways would you …?’, and ‘How
effective …?’ may also be seen in the assessment for this syllabus.
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Cambridge IGCSE First Language Thai 0518 syllabus for 2022, 2023 and 2024.
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In preparation for assessment, candidates should engage with a range of genres and types of texts, including fiction
and non-fiction, essays, reviews and articles. This study should include focus on writers’ use of language and style
and the ways in which writers achieve effects and influence readers. Candidates should study how influence may
include facts, ideas, perspectives, opinions and bias.
As developing writers themselves, candidates should be introduced to a range of skills – including the ability to
compare, summarise and change perspective. They should develop the skills of summarising within the context of
the following text types: letter, report, newspaper report, magazine article, journal, words of a speech. They should
also learn to create a discursive/argumentative letter or article and a descriptive or narrative composition.
The skills covered in the syllabus are outlined below for the different areas of language developed.
AO1 Reading
Assessment objective
Candidates should be able to:
•
identify and interpret explicit and implicit
information and attitudes
•
demonstrate understanding of explicit and
implicit meanings and viewpoints in texts
•
demonstrate understanding of how writers use
language and structure to achieve effects and
influence readers
•
identify and comment on specific ways in which
writers use language, form and structure for
effect
•
analyse, evaluate and develop facts, ideas and
opinions
•
make thoughtful and relevant responses to facts,
ideas and opinions in texts
•
select and synthesise information for specific
purposes
•
accurately identify specific ideas, information
and/or features in texts and develop them for a
specified purpose
AO2 Writing
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Assessment objective
Candidates should be able to:
•
communicate clearly, effectively and
imaginatively
•
produce clear and coherent texts that
communicate effectively, sustaining the reader’s
interest
•
sequence facts, ideas and opinions
•
structure text to make sequence and
development of ideas clear to the reader
•
use a range of appropriate vocabulary
•
choose vocabulary to create effects appropriate
to purpose and audience
•
use tone, style and register appropriate to
audience and context
•
use form and style suited to purpose and
audience
•
make accurate use of spelling, punctuation and
grammar
•
write in paragraphs, using varied sentence
structures, demonstrating control of syntax
and grammar, and using accurate spelling and
punctuation.
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Cambridge IGCSE French 0520 syllabus for 2022, 2023 and 2024.
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Skills
The skills covered in the syllabus are outlined below.
Listening
•
Understand short recordings dealing with everyday needs (e.g. simple transactions in shops, simple
directions or instructions).
•
Understand factual information and ideas from a range of sources (e.g. announcements, phone messages,
news items, interviews, dialogues) on familiar topics.
•
Understand descriptions of events, opinions, emotions, hopes and ambitions in simple texts (e.g. in radio
broadcasts, interviews, dialogues).
•
Identify main points, specific information and details on everyday topics (e.g. personal and family
information, shopping, local area, employment, school, leisure activities).
•
Identify main points, themes, opinions, ideas, emotions and attitudes in predictable texts (e.g. news reports,
conversations, interviews, simple monologues).
•
Deduce the meaning of occasional unknown words and expressions from the context.
Reading
•
Understand short, simple texts (e.g. signs and notices in public places, such as streets, restaurants and bus/
railway stations and airports).
•
Understand authentic texts on familiar topics and situations (e.g. newspaper/magazine articles, email
messages, blogs and letters).
•
Understand descriptions of events, opinions, emotions, hopes and ambitions in simple texts (e.g. in articles,
interviews or personal messages).
•
Identify main points, specific information and details in predictable texts (e.g. advertisements, brochures,
menus, timetables, instructions, messages).
•
Identify main points, themes, opinions, ideas, emotions and attitudes in predictable texts (e.g. newspaper/
magazine articles, simple plots of films or books).
•
Deduce the meaning of occasional unknown words and expressions from the context.
Speaking
•
Participate in short social exchanges (e.g. greet people, make and respond to invitations, apologies) and
communicate on familiar topics to meet simple needs (e.g. order food and drink, simple transactions in
shops, use public transport, ask and give directions, request information).
•
Participate in unprepared conversations on familiar topics of personal interest or relevant to everyday life
(e.g. family, friends, home environment, hobbies and interests, education, work, travel).
•
Describe past events and experiences, hopes and ambitions and give brief reasons for opinions and plans.
•
Communicate with reasonable accuracy, using a range of structures, tenses and vocabulary relevant to the
given situation.
•
Use simple connectors (e.g. and, but, because, then) to link a series of shorter discrete elements into a
connected sequence of points.
•
Use appropriate strategies to maintain interaction.
•
Use features of pronunciation and intonation to convey meaning and attitude.
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Cambridge IGCSE French 0520 syllabus for 2022, 2023 and 2024. Subject content
Writing
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Fill in forms providing simple details.
•
Communicate simple factual information in writing using everyday vocabulary and expressions.
•
Write a series of simple phrases and sentences linked with simple connectors, relating to personal life,
immediate environment and everyday topics (e.g. writing about a holiday).
•
Write simple connected texts (e.g. email messages, articles) on familiar topics (e.g. plans and arrangements,
likes and dislikes, family, home environment, hobbies and interests, education, work and travel).
•
Describe past events and experiences, opinions, hopes and ambitions and give brief reasons for opinions
and plans.
•
Communicate with reasonable accuracy, using a range of structures, tenses/time frames and vocabulary
relevant to the given situation.
•
Use simple connectors (e.g. and, but, because, then) to link a series of shorter discrete elements into a
connected sequence of points.
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Skills
The skills covered in the syllabus are outlined below.
Listening
•
Understand short recordings dealing with everyday needs (e.g. simple transactions in shops, simple
directions or instructions).
•
Understand factual information and ideas from a range of sources (e.g. announcements, phone messages,
news items, interviews, dialogues) on familiar topics.
•
Understand descriptions of events, opinions, emotions, hopes and ambitions in simple texts (e.g. in radio
broadcasts, interviews, dialogues).
•
Identify main points, specific information and details on everyday topics (e.g. personal and family
information, shopping, local area, employment, school, leisure activities).
•
Identify main points, themes, opinions, ideas, emotions and attitudes in predictable texts (e.g. news reports,
conversations, interviews, simple monologues).
•
Deduce the meaning of occasional unknown words and expressions from the context.
Reading
•
Understand short, simple texts (e.g. signs and notices in public places, such as streets, restaurants and bus/
railway stations and airports).
•
Understand authentic texts on familiar topics and situations (e.g. newspaper/magazine articles, email
messages, blogs and letters).
•
Understand descriptions of events, opinions, emotions, hopes and ambitions in simple texts (e.g. in articles,
interviews or personal messages).
•
Identify main points, specific information and details in predictable texts (e.g. advertisements, brochures,
menus, timetables, instructions, messages).
•
Identify main points, themes, opinions, ideas, emotions and attitudes in predictable texts (e.g. newspaper/
magazine articles, simple plots of films or books).
•
Deduce the meaning of occasional unknown words and expressions from the context.
Speaking
•
Participate in short social exchanges (e.g. greet people, make and respond to invitations, apologies) and
communicate on familiar topics to meet simple needs (e.g. order food and drink, simple transactions in
shops, use public transport, ask and give directions, request information).
•
Participate in unprepared conversations on familiar topics of personal interest or relevant to everyday life
(e.g. family, friends, home environment, hobbies and interests, education, work, travel).
•
Describe past events and experiences, hopes and ambitions and give brief reasons for opinions and plans.
•
Communicate with reasonable accuracy, using a range of structures, tenses and vocabulary relevant to the
given situation.
•
Use simple connectors (e.g. and, but, because, then) to link a series of shorter discrete elements into a
connected sequence of points.
•
Use appropriate strategies to maintain interaction.
•
Use features of pronunciation and intonation to convey meaning and attitude.
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Cambridge IGCSE Information and Communication Technology 0417 syllabus for 2023, 2024 and 2025. Details of the assessment
Command words
Command words and their meanings help candidates know what is expected from them in the exams. The table
below includes command words used in the assessment for this syllabus. The use of the command word will relate
to the subject context.
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Command word
What it means
Analyse
examine in detail to show meaning, identify elements and the relationship between them
Compare
identify/comment on similarities and/or differences
Contrast
identify/comment on differences
Define
give precise meaning
Demonstrate
show how or give an example
Describe
state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features
Discuss
write about issue(s) or topic(s) in depth in a structured way
Evaluate
judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something
Explain
set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things evident / provide 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 case with evidence/argument
State
express in clear terms
Suggest
apply knowledge and understanding to situations where there are a range of valid
responses in order to make proposals / put forward considerations
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Cambridge IGCSE Computer Science 0478 syllabus for 2023, 2024 and 2025. Details of the assessment
Command words
Command words and their meanings help candidates know what is expected from them in the exams. The table
below includes command words used in the assessment for this syllabus. The use of the command word will relate
to the subject context.
Command word
What it means
Calculate
work out from given facts, figures or information
Compare
identify/comment on similarities and/or differences
Define
give precise meaning
Demonstrate
show how or give an example
Describe
state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features
Evaluate
judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount or value of something
Explain
set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things evident / provide why
and/or how and support with relevant evidence
Give
produce an answer from a given source or recall/memory
Identify
name/select/recognise
Outline
set out the main points
Show (that)
provide structured evidence that leads to a given result
State
express in clear terms
Suggest
apply knowledge and understanding to situations where there are a range of valid
responses in order to make proposals / put forward considerations
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Cambridge IGCSE Literature in English 0475 syllabus for 2023, 2024 and 2025. Details of the assessment
Command words
Command words and their meanings help candidates know what is expected from them in the exams. The table
below includes command words used in the assessment for this syllabus. The use of the command word will relate
to the subject context.
Command word
What it means
Explore
write in detail about particular aspects.
Phrases such as ‘How does the writer convey …?’, ‘In what ways does the writer …?’ ‘What do you find particularly
memorable …?’ may also be seen in the assessment for this syllabus.
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Cambridge IGCSE First Language French 0501 syllabus for 2023, 2024 and 2025.
3 Subject content
This syllabus gives you the flexibility to design a course that will interest, challenge and engage your learners.
Where appropriate you are responsible for selecting texts, topics, subject contexts, resources and examples to
support your learners’ study. These should be appropriate for the learners’ age, cultural background and learning
context as well as complying with your school policies and local legal requirements.
The skills covered in the syllabus are outlined below.
Reading
•
demonstrate understanding of written texts, and of the words and phrases within them
•
summarise and use material for a specific context
•
develop, analyse and evaluate facts, ideas and opinions
•
demonstrate understanding of how writers achieve their effects and influence readers
•
select appropriate information for specific purposes
•
recognise and respond to linguistic devices, figurative language and imagery.
In developing reading skills, candidates should engage with a range of genres and text types from the twentieth
and/or twenty-first centuries, including literature, fiction and non-fiction, and other forms of writing, such as blogs,
essays, reviews or articles, short stories in their entirety or extracts from a longer work of prose or drama. This
study should include focus on writers’ use of language and style and the ways in which writers achieve effects and
influence readers. Candidates should study how influence may include facts, ideas, perspectives, opinions and bias.
Writing
•
express what is thought, felt and imagined
•
organise and convey facts, ideas and opinions effectively
•
demonstrate a varied vocabulary appropriate to the context
•
demonstrate an effective use of sentence structures
•
demonstrate an understanding of audience, purpose and form
•
demonstrate accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar.
As developing writers themselves, candidates should be introduced to a range of writing skills, including the
ability to create and compose texts with a variety of forms and purposes, e.g. descriptive, narrative, discursive,
argumentative and persuasive.
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Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies 0450 syllabus for 2023, 2024 and 2025. Details of the assessment
Command words
Command words and their meanings help candidates know what is expected from them in the exams. The table
below includes command words used in the assessment for this syllabus. The use of the command word will relate
to the subject context.
Command word
What it means
Calculate
work out from given facts, figures or information
Consider
review and respond to given information
Define
give precise meaning
Explain
set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things evident / provide why
and/or how and support with relevant evidence
Identify
name/select/recognise
Justify
support a case with evidence/argument
Outline
set out main points
State
express in clear terms
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Cambridge IGCSE Economics 0455 syllabus for 2023, 2024 and 2025. Details of the assessment
Command words
Command words and their meanings help candidates know what is expected from them in the exams. The table
below includes command words used in the assessment for this syllabus. The use of the command word will relate
to the subject context.
Command word
What it means
Analyse
examine in detail to show meaning, identify elements and the relationship between them
Calculate
work out from given facts, figures or information
Define
give precise meaning
Describe
state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features
Discuss
write about issue(s) or topic(s) in depth in a structured way
Explain
set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things evident / provide why
and/or how and support with relevant evidence
Give
produce an answer from a given source or recall/memory
Identify
name/select/recognise
State
express in clear terms
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Cambridge IGCSE First Language English 0500 syllabus for 2023. Details of the assessment
Command words
Command words and their meanings help candidates know what is expected from them in the exams. The table
below includes command words used in the assessment for this syllabus. The use of the command word will relate
to the subject context.
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Command word
What it means
Describe
state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features
Explain
set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things evident / provide why
and/or how and support with relevant evidence
Give
produce an answer from a given source or recall/memory
Identify
name/select/recognise
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Cambridge IGCSE First Language Chinese 0509 syllabus for 2023, 2024 and 2025.
3 Subject content
This syllabus gives you the flexibility to design a course that will interest, challenge and engage your learners.
Where appropriate you are responsible for selecting resources and examples to support your learners’ study. These
should be appropriate for the learners’ age, cultural background and learning context as well as complying with
your school policies and local legal requirements.
In preparation for assessment, learners should engage with a range of genres and types of texts, including fiction
and non-fiction, essays, reviews and articles, as well as Classical Chinese texts. This study should include focus on
writers’ use of language and style. For the contemporary texts, learners should also focus on the ways in which
writers achieve effects and influence readers. Learners should study how influence may include facts, ideas,
perspectives, opinions and bias.
As developing writers themselves, learners should be introduced to a range of skills. They should also learn to
create a discursive/argumentative letter, article or essay and a descriptive or narrative composition.
The skills covered in the syllabus are outlined below for the different areas of language developed.
Assessment objective
AO1: Reading
Candidates should be able to:
•
identify and interpret explicit information and
attitudes
•
demonstrate understanding of explicit meanings
and viewpoints in modern and classical texts
•
identify and interpret implicit information and
attitudes
•
demonstrate understanding of implicit meanings
and viewpoints in modern and classical texts
•
demonstrate understanding of how writers use
language and structure to achieve effects and
influence readers
•
identify and comment on specific ways in which
writers use language, form and structure for effect
•
make relevant responses to facts, ideas and
opinions in texts
•
accurately identify specific ideas, information
and/or features in texts and develop them for a
specified purpose
•
analyse and evaluate facts, ideas and opinions
•
select information for specific purposes
AO2: Writing
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communicate clearly, effectively and
imaginatively
•
produce clear and coherent texts that
communicate effectively, sustaining the reader’s
interest
•
synthesise information, sequence facts and
develop ideas and opinions
•
synthesise information, structure text to make
sequence and development of ideas clear to the
reader
•
use a range of appropriate vocabulary
•
choose vocabulary to create effects appropriate
to purpose and audience
•
use tone, style and register appropriate to
audience and context
•
use form and style suited to purpose and audience
•
•
write characters correctly and make accurate use
of characters, punctuation and grammar.
write in paragraphs using varied sentence
structures, demonstrating control of syntax and
grammar and using accurate character formation
and punctuation.
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Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580 syllabus for 2023 and 2024. Details of the assessment
Command words
Command words and their meanings help candidates know what is expected from them in the exams. The table
below includes command words used in the assessment for this syllabus. The use of the command word will relate
to the subject context.
Command word
What it means
Calculate
work out from given facts, figures or information, generally using a calculator
Construct
make an accurate drawing
Describe
state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features
Determine
establish with certainty
Explain
set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things evident / provide why
and/or how and support with relevant evidence
Give
produce an answer from a given source or recall/memory
Plot
mark point(s) on a graph
Show (that)
provide structured evidence that leads to a given result
Sketch
make a simple freehand drawing showing the key features
Work out
calculate from given facts, figures or information with or without the use of a calculator
Write
give an answer in a specific form
Write down
give an answer without significant working
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Cambridge IGCSE Travel & Tourism 0471 syllabus for 2024, 2025 and 2026. Details of the assessment
Command words
Command words and their meanings help candidates know what is expected from them in the exams. The
table below includes command words used in the assessment for this syllabus. The use of the command word
will relate to the subject context.
Command word
What it means
Assess
make an informed judgement
Define
give precise meaning
Describe
state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features
Discuss
write about issue(s) or topic(s) in depth in a structured way
Evaluate
judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something
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
State
express in clear terms
Suggest
apply knowledge and understanding to situations where there are a range of valid
responses in order to make proposals / put forward considerations
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Cambridge IGCSE Art & Design 0400 syllabus for 2024.
3 Subject content
You have the flexibility to structure a course that suits the available resources and your teaching expertise.
For guidance and advice on planning and scheduling your teaching, please refer to the Course Handbook.
Candidates can work in the same areas of study for both components, but they do not have to. You should
encourage your candidates to experiment according to their interests and the available support and resources.
The areas of study provide a framework of art and design practice and indicate an approach that encourages
exploration. Learners may use a broad range of different media, materials and techniques including traditional
and contemporary media and technologies, or a combination where appropriate, providing all assessment
objectives are met. Candidates are encouraged to produce a variety of creative responses through exploration
with a range of materials, processes and techniques.
Candidates are not expected to produce work from all the areas of study.
Skills and understanding common to all areas of study
Candidates who follow the Cambridge IGCSE Art & Design syllabus are expected to develop the following skills
as those outlined in each area of study.
Candidates must be able to:
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record their own experiences and observations from first-hand and secondary resources and personal
research
•
collect, record and respond to visual information using a range of techniques
•
select, give context to and organise the information they collect in a coherent way
•
effectively use a wide range of resources and use the information to develop their practice
•
make personal investigations
•
apply a range of skills to produce art and design work
•
evaluate their own work, review and edit
•
reflect, refine and adapt.
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Cambridge IGCSE Design & Technology 0445 syllabus for 2024, 2025 and 2026. Details of the assessment
Command words
Command words and their meanings help candidates know what is expected from them in the exams. The
table below includes command words used in the assessment for this syllabus. The use of the command word
will relate to the subject context.
Command word
What it means
Analyse
examine in detail to show meaning, identify elements and the relationship between
them
Calculate
work out from given facts, figures or information
Compare
identify/comment on similarities and/or differences
Contrast
identify/comment on differences
Define
give precise meaning
Describe
state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features
Develop
take forward to a more advanced stage or build upon given information
Discuss
write about issue(s) or topic(s) in depth in a structured way
Evaluate
judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something
Explain
set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things evident / provide
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 case with evidence/argument
Outline
set out main points
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 are a range of valid
responses in order to make proposals / put forward considerations
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Cambridge IGCSE Geopgraphy 0460 syllabus for 2024. Details of the assessment
Command words
Command words and their meanings help candidates know what is expected from them in the exams. The
table below includes command words used in the assessment for this syllabus. The use of the command word
will relate to the subject context.
Command word
What it means
Calculate
work out from given facts, figures or information
Compare
identify/comment on similarities and/or differences
Define
give precise meaning
Describe
state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features
Devise
create a questionnaire to present other information according to specific requirements
Estimate
use judgement to give a unit value to a distance or area
Explain
set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things evident / provide
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 case with evidence/argument
Locate
indicate the position of a place, feature or entity from/on a resource
Plan
create a method to obtain or present certain information (such as a questionnaire)
according to specific requirements
Predict
suggest what may happen based on available information
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 are a range of valid
responses in order to make proposals / put forward considerations
Phrases such as ‘How far do you agree …?’ and ‘To what extent …?’ may also be seen in the assessment for
this syllabus.
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Cambridge IGCSE History 0470 syllabus for 2024, 2025 and 2026. Details of the assessment
Command words
Command words and their meanings help candidates know what is expected from them in the exams. The
table below includes command words used in the assessment for this syllabus. The use of the command word
will relate to the subject context.
Command word
What it means
Describe
state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features
Discuss
write about issue(s) or topic(s) in depth in a structured way
Explain
set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things clear / say why
and/or how and support with relevant evidence
Phrases such as ‘How far do you agree…?’ and ‘Write an account…’ may also be seen in the assessment for
this syllabus.
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