Question Types

Question 1

What are the steps to answer an ‘explain’ question?

8 marks

Answer 1

1. One reason… (use words of the question) … was (identify reson) (x8)
2. This was because… (explain) (x8)
3. For example… (give an example) (x8)

Question 2

What are the steps to answer a ‘how fully’ question?

10 marks

Answer 2

1. Source A partly describes… (use words of the question) … but misses out on someimportant information. (x1)
2. The source states that… (quote from source). This shows that… (explain why quote is relevent to question) (x3)
3. The source does not mention… (give point from own knowledge) (x7)

Question 3

What are the steps to answering a ‘how much’ question?

10 marks

Answer 3

1. Source A has a positive interpretation about… (use words of the question). It suggests… (explain) (x1)
2. Source B has a negative interpretation about… (use words of the question). It suggests… (explain) (x1)
3. Source A says… (quote) This shows that… (x2)
4. Source B says… (quote) This shows that… (x2)
5. The sources do not mention… (own knowledge) (x4)

Question 4

What are the steps to answering an ‘evaluate the usefulness’ question?

8 marks

Answer 4

1. The source is partly useful as evidence of… (use words of the question) (x1)
2. The source mentions… (quote). This makes the source useful because it accurately shows… (explain) (x2)
3. However, the source is less useful because it does not mention… (own knowledge point) (x3)
4. The source is / was written in / was written by / was written because… (state type of source / author / date / purpose)… This makes the source more or less useful because… (explain) (x3)