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Command terms are the verbs a marker keys off: explain, analyse, evaluate. Each exam board defines them a little differently, so you will only see your own board's set.
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Read your board's list in context
Learn shows only your own board's terms, grouped from recall up to judgement, with an example question and a full-answer checklist for each. Filter by subject so the examples match what you sit.
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Drill with spacing
Drill deals about fifteen cards: what is due today plus a few new verbs from the levels you have opened. Answer before you reveal, rate yourself, and the card comes back at an expanding interval: tomorrow, then three days, a week, a fortnight, a month.
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Box the verb before you plan
Practice shows a question and asks you to click the command term first, then name its level and pick the response structure. The marks tell you how deep to go. Do this until it is automatic.
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Come back to the mastered ones
Progress shows what is due, what you keep missing and how far up the ladder each level is. Mastered terms still resurface every month or two so they hold until the exam.
Definitions are Captivate's paraphrases of each board's official glossary, with a link to the source on the Learn tab. South Australia publishes no glossary, so those definitions are ours. Progress is saved in this browser, per state, with no account needed. Pair a drill with a Study Timer block.
Who this is for, and how it works
The Command Terms trainer is for Year 11 and 12 students who know the content but lose marks to the question. "Analyse", "evaluate" and "justify" each ask for a different shape of answer, and every Australian exam board publishes its own definitions: VCAA and NESA as command terms and key words, QCAA as a cognitive verb framework, SCSA as key words used in the formulation of questions, the ACT BSSS as a glossary of verbs. South Australia publishes none, and Tasmania leaves it to individual courses.
You pick your certificate once and see only your board's set, paraphrased in plain language with a link to the official document. Each term carries an if-then response structure, example questions in your subjects with a full-answer checklist, and the near neighbours students mix it up with. A separate view shows where the same verb means something different in another state.
The drill uses spaced retrieval: you answer before you reveal, rate yourself, and each card returns on an expanding schedule. Lower-order verbs open first, the higher levels unlock as the base is secure, and mastered terms keep resurfacing so they hold until exam day. Everything is saved in this browser, per state, with no account.