Verbs...... (1 Viewer)

[beautiful bethy]

Key Words, Key verbs, verb list, whatever you want to call it, after much searching i have found them! And to all of you who've already found them... pft! coz i found it hard!!!!

THis is from the board of studies site.... others are below......

http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabus_hsc/glossary_keywords.html

UNIserve match up game, good for revision....

http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/curric/stage6/verbs/

HSC CSU site...

http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/chemistry/.../glossary.html

Glossary​

http://community.boredofstudies.org/Account
Account for: state reasons for, report on. Give an account of: narrate a series of events or transactions
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Analyse
Identify components and the relationship between them; draw out and relate implications
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Apply
Use, utilise, employ in a particular situation
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Appreciate
Make a judgement about the value of
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Assess
Make a judgment of value, quality, outcomes, results or size
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Calculate
Ascertain/determine from given facts, figures or information
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Clarify
Make clear or plain
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Classify
Arrange or include in classes/categories
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Compare
Show how things are similar or different
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Construct
Make; build; put together items or arguments
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Contrast
Show how things are different or opposite
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Critically (analyse/ evaluate)
Add a degree or level of accuracy depth, knowledge and understanding, logic, questioning, reflection and quality to (analysis/evaluation)
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Deduce
Draw conclusions
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Define
State meaning and identify essential qualities
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Demonstrate
Show by example
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Describe
Provide characteristics and features
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Discuss
Identify issues and provide points for and/or against
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Distinguish
Recognise or note/indicate as being distinct or different from; to note differences between
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Evaluate
Make a judgement based on criteria; determine the value of
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Examine
Inquire into
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Explain
Relate cause and effect; make the relationships between things evident; provide why and/or how
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Extract
Choose relevant and/or appropriate details
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Extrapolate
Infer from what is known
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Identify
Recognise and name
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Interpret
Draw meaning from
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Investigate
Plan, inquire into and draw conclusions about
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Justify
Support an argument or conclusion
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Outline
Sketch in general terms; indicate the main features of
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Predict
Suggest what may happen based on available information
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Propose
Put forward (for example a point of view, idea, argument, suggestion) for consideration or action
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Recall
Present remembered ideas, facts or experiences
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Recommend
Provide reasons in favour
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Recount
Retell a series of events
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Summarise
Express, concisely, the relevant details
http://community.boredofstudies.org/Synthesise
Putting together various elements to make a whole

Also.... 2001-5 very common (in chem anyway): assess, calculate, explain, describe, evaluate, discuss, justify, outline, identify, analyse. Also be aware of the higher order and lower order verbs (ie the easy ones: list describe explain etc; and the hard ones: analyse, assess, justify etc)

 

[hopeles5ly]

i remember seeing a question in i think last year CSSA SOR2 paper telling students to "extrapolate" for one of the extended responses. No one in my class knew what it was and our school doesn't even give us one of those verb sheets in exams =/

 

[taki999]

^ exactly...

but mostly it's the common ones..describe, evulate..

 

[hopeles5ly]

A few of my friends from different schools get them though =/

 

[priesty]

you don't get a copy of the sheet in exams. You are suposed to learn them yourself. Your school should have reinforced the key words to you throughout the year and emphasised the use of them

very true, we memorised most of the definitions unintentionally after having the teacher constantly remind us and throw at us the reasons of importance for knowing those verbs. yeh, in HSC they aren't given out so I think it would be foolish for a school to distribute them during exams as it may bring misconceptions regarding the true nature of the exam.