GCSE Geography Key Geographical
Themes Paper Case Studies TOP TIPS TO IMPROVE MY GEOGRAPHY GRADE
1) Recognise the
command terms in the question – do what it asks e.g.
describe, explain, compare etc.
2) Ensure that
describe and explain answers are in the correct sections – marks are not transferable between sections. If the question asks you to describe in one section
and explain in the next, do not mix them up because you will get marks for only one section.
3) Use the
‘So what’ elaboration in each part of the question which you answer
4) Questions
which ask you to describe location must refer to
distance and direction. e.g. To get to the top of Ben Nevis you walk 3 km north from the car park at grid reference then.
5) Distributions must be described for when asked for;
words such as even, regular, sparse, dense etc may help.
