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CIE AS & A level Physics 9702 Command Words Guide with 60 Paper Specific Practice Questions

CIE AS & A level Physics 9702 Command Words Guide with 60 Paper Specific Practice Questions

Subject: Physics

Age range: 14-16

Resource type: Assessment and revision

Last updated

4 August 2026

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We hope these guide series help you plan your review/revision work. These are concise and precisely aligned with the updated syllabus. Many teachers have collaborated in making of these guides. If they are useful in your teaching, please consider leaving a review. It would truly be helpful for us to improve on the process of making. You can also explore other guides at the store.

Cambridge A-Level Physics (9702) command words are precise exam directives. This guide decodes all 26 command words with CAIE definitions, examiner expectations, cognitive demand tiers (T1 Recall → T2 Understanding → T3 Evaluation), and paper-specific strategies for Papers 1–5. Physics students lose marks not from lack of knowledge but from ignoring the command word – calculating when asked to state, or describing when asked to explain.

What’s inside (53 pages):

Tier framework – T1 (7 words: one-line recall). T2 (13 words: calculations, derivations, mechanisms, graphs). T3 (6 words: evaluation, discussion, deduction, experimental planning).

Confused pairs (8 high-risk) – State vs Define, Describe vs Explain, Calculate vs Show, Derive vs Show, Sketch vs Draw, Explain vs Suggest, Determine vs Calculate, Evaluate vs Justify. Physics-specific examples with worked solutions.

5-step framework – Circle command word → Identify topic/equation → Read mark allocation → Check instructions (“without calculation”, “use your answer to (a)”) → Plan.

Paper-specific guidance – P1 (MCQ), P2 (AS structured: State, Define, Calculate, Explain), P3 (Practical: Plan, Identify errors, Suggest improvements), P4 (A Level: Derive, Deduce, Discuss, Evaluate), P5 (Planning & Analysis: Plan, Justify, Comment).

Examiner insights – 10 mark-loss errors: describing when explaining, omitting units, no working in calculations, circular reasoning in Show That, vague error sources in P3, incomplete definitions, missing conclusions in Evaluate/Discuss, misreading graph gradients, incorrect significant figures, copying formula sheet without derivation.

Quick-reference cheat sheet – All 26 command words: tier + definition + watchout.

60 practice questions – Mechanics, Materials, Waves, Electricity, Fields, Nuclear, Thermal, Quantum, Medical Physics, Practical. Each: command word + marks + model answer + examiner tip.

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