Exam Command Words!

Do your students know exactly what exam command words mean and how to respond to them successfully?

Here's a collection of activities and worksheets which will help to demystify the meaning of common exam command words and steer students towards developing better exam technique:

- a PowerPoint set and PDF of 14 common exam command words with explanations
- a PowerPoint set and PDF of 14 common exam command words (without explanations)
- a PowerPoint set and PDF of explanations to 14 common exam command words (without the command words)
- a word document with command words but no explanations
- a word document with explanations but no command words
- a word document with command words and explanations

These resources can be used in a number of different ways, for example, as wall posters for reference in your classroom, as handouts in students files and books, cut out as smaller flashcards for a matching activity linking command words to the correct explanations and assessing students' ability to successfully demonstrate the meanings of these common command words.