MYP Command Terms

Question 1

Analyze

Answer 1

Break down in order to bring out the essential elements or structure.

Question 2

Annotate

Answer 2

Add brief notes to a document.

Question 3

Apply

Answer 3

Use knowledge to apply to your situation.

Question 4

Appraise

Answer 4

To evaluate, Judge or consider text or piece of work.

Question 5

Argue

Answer 5

To Challenge someone’s opinion or facts.

Question 6

Calculate

Answer 6

Obtain a numerical answer showing the relevant stages in the working.

Question 7

Classify

Answer 7

Arrange or order by class or category.

Question 8

Comment

Answer 8

Give a judgement based on what was recently stated.

Question 9

Compare

Answer 9

Give an explanation of the all similarities.

Question 10

Compare & Contrast

Answer 10

Give an explanation of the similarities and differences between items or situations.

Question 11

Construct

Answer 11

Display information in a diagrammatic or logical form

Question 12

Contrast

Answer 12

Display information in a diagrammatic or logical form

Question 13

Deduce

Answer 13

Reach a conclusion from the information given.

Question 14

Define

Answer 14

Give the precise meaning of a word, phrase, concept or physical quantity.

Question 15

Demonstrate

Answer 15

to illustrate or make clear by reasoning or evidence,.

Question 16

Derive

Answer 16

Manipulate a mathematical relationship to give a new equation or relationship.

Question 17

Describe

Answer 17

Give a detailed account or picture of a situation, event, pattern or process.

Question 18

Design

Answer 18

Produce a plan, simulation or model.

Question 19

Determine

Answer 19

Obtain the only possible answer.

Question 20

Discuss

Answer 20

To talk about a topic.

Question 21

Distinguish

Answer 21

Make clear the differences between two or more concepts or items.

Question 22

Document

Answer 22

To credit sources of information used by referencing them.

Question 23

Estimate

Answer 23

Find an approximate value for an unknown quantity.

Question 24

Evaluate

Answer 24

To make judgments about the ideas.

Question 25

Examine

Answer 25

Consider an argument or concept in a way that uncovers the assumptions and interrelationships of the issue.

Question 26

Exemplify

Answer 26

Represent with an example.

Question 27

Explain

Answer 27

Give a detailed explanation including reasons or causes.

Question 28

Explore

Answer 28

To discover.

Question 29

Formulate

Answer 29

to create and express.

Question 30

Identify

Answer 30

Recognize and identify state a

factor or feature.

Question 31

Infer

Answer 31

to interoperate.

Question 32

Interpret

Answer 32

Understanding and recognizing trends and draw conclusions from given
information.

Question 33

Investigate

Answer 33

Observe, study, or make a detailed and in order to establish facts.

Question 34

Justify

Answer 34

Give valid reasons or evidence to support an answer or conclusion.

Question 35

Label

Answer 35

Add title, labels or brief explanations.

Question 36

List

Answer 36

Give a sequence of brief answers with no explanation.

Question 37

Measure

Answer 37

Find the value for a quality.

Question 38

Outline

Answer 38

Give a brief account or summary.

Question 39

Predict

Answer 39

To take an educated guess.

Question 40

Present

Answer 40

Offer for display, observation, examination or consideration.

Question 41

Prove

Answer 41

Using logical to be right.

Question 42

Recall

Answer 42

Recognize or identify.

Question 43

Reflect

Answer 43

To think about deeply.

Question 44

Recognize

Answer 44

Identify or recall.

Question 45

Show

Answer 45

Give steps in a derivation or calculation.

Question 46

Sketch

Answer 46

To draw a diagram.

Question 47

Solve

Answer 47

To get an answer.

Question 48

State

Answer 48

Give a specific name.

Question 49

Suggest

Answer 49

Propose a solution.

Question 50

Summarize

Answer 50

The key points.

Question 51

To What

Should be

Answer 51

Consider the opinions and conclusions.

Question 52

Extent

Answer 52

Supported with appropriate evidence.

Question 53

Use

Answer 53

Apply knowledge or rules to put theory into practice.