use of verbs

1. NOTRE DAME GIRLS’ ACADEMY,
AMOYO, KWARA, NIGERIA.
…preparingyounggirlsfor life

2. A SEMINAR ON THE APPROPRIATE USE
OF VERBS
Presented by
C.A Committee
20th May, 2022

3. Explain / Expound / Elaborate / Discuss /
Examine: To give sufficiently detailed reports
about something.
Define: To express the essential nature of
something.
Mention: To make a short reference to
something.

4. What is: To give details about something.
State: To compute
List: To create or recite something
Give: To provide something specifically

5. Name: To mention, specify, to identify.
Derive: To obtain or receive (something)
from something else or to deduce a conclusion
by reasoning.
Enumerate / Highlight:
To specify something.

6. State the function: Make known the usage of
something.
State the law: To declare to be a fact.
Differentiate: To show the distinction between
two things.
Distinguish: To recognise something as
different from others based on its characteristics.

7. Demonstrate / Elucidate:
To show the steps taken to create something / to
show how to use something.
Write: To compute or record.
Write short note: Brief explanation.
Sketch: To make a brief or basic drawing.

8. Draw: To produce or develop something.
Explain with the aid of diagram: Draw a well
labelled diagram and explain the terms labelled
Explain with the aid of diagram only:
Draw a well about diagram without explanation.
Explain with equation where appropriate:
This means explain and state the equations.

9. Explain with equation only:
State only equations.
State the characteristics or features: Here,
state the features and functions.
Explain why / Account for:
State the reasons to that effect.

10. List and explain: First state the effects on
separate lines, then explain.
Enumeration the uses:
Means state the uses.
State the differences / distinguish /
Compare: This must be in a tabular form.

11. Examine the features:
You take the features one by one and
give sufficient details about each of
them.

15. QS & AS

16. THANKS
FOR THE
AUDIENCE