Verbs and Their Frequency of Use from Common Core & Next Generation Science Standards
ACQUIRE
ADDRESS
ANALYZE
APPLY
ASSESS
CHALLENGE
CITE
COMPREHEND
CONDUCT
CONVEY
DELINEATE
DEMONSTRATE
DETERMINE
DEVELOP
DRAW
ENHANCE
EVALUATE
EXPLAIN
FOLLOW
GATHER
IDENTIFY
INITIATE
INTEGRATE
MAKE
PARTICIPATE
PLAN
PRESENT
PRODUCE
PROVIDE
PUBLISH
READ
REVISE
REWRITE
SOLVE
STRENGTHEN
SUMMARIZE
SUPPORT
SYNTHESIZE
UPDATE
USE
WRITE
ANALYZE
APPLY
APPLY
ASK
BUILD
BUILD
CALCULATE
ELA/Hist
CALCULATE
Math
COMPARE
COMPUTE
COMMUNICATE
CONSTRUCT
COMPARE
CREATE
CONDUCT
DEFINE
CONSTRUCT
EVALUATE
CREATE
EXPERIMENT
DEFEND
EXPLAIN
DESCRIBE
EXTEND
DESIGN
FIND
DEVELOP
INTERPRET
EVALUATE
JUSTIFY
EXPLAIN
MAKE
GATHER
MODEL
ILLUSTRATE
PERFORM
INFER
PROVE
MAKE
REASON
0
2
4
6
8
10
Science
CLARIFY
REPRESENT
PLAN
REWRITE
PREDICT
SOLVE
PROVIDE
SUMMARIZE
REFINE
TRANSLATE
REVISE
UNDERSTAND
SPECIFY
USE
SUPPORT
VISUALIZE
TEST
WRITE
USE
0
5
10
15
0
5
10
15
20