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The Free CIPD Command Verb Cheat Sheet
Answering the wrong verb is one of the quickest ways to lose CIPD marks. This free, printable cheat sheet decodes every common command verb, with an opening move for each.
What's inside
Every verb your brief will throw at you, decoded
Keep it beside your brief as you plan each task, and beside your draft as you check that every answer does what its verb actually asked.
- Thirteen command verbs decoded
- What markers look for under each verb
- Opening and closing moves to adapt
- Explain vs analyse vs evaluate, side by side
- The critical-evaluation move for Level 7
- A quick verb guide for each level
Works at every level. The verbs scale with your qualification: the sheet shows what each one demands at Level 3, 5 and 7, so the same page stays useful from your first unit to your last.