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The essentials
How Cambridge International A Level works
- Grading
- AS Level is graded a to e. The full A Level is graded A* to E.
- Routes
- Take AS Level on its own, take the full A Level in one series, or stage it: AS in the first year, the rest of the A Level later.
- Exam series
- June and November, plus March for schools in India.
From Cambridge International’s published information, checked 2026-10-20. Official source
Command words
Know what the question is asking.
Each question starts with a command word that tells you what kind of answer earns the marks. These are Cambridge International’s own definitions. Ask your tutor to practise any of them.
- Calculate
- work out from given facts, figures or information
- Describe
- state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features
- Determine
- establish with certainty
- Evaluate
- judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something
- Explain
- set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things clear / say why and/or how and support with relevant evidence
- Identify
- name/select/recognise
- Justify
- support a case with evidence/argument
- Show (that)
- provide structured evidence that leads to a given result
FAQ
Cambridge International A Level questions, answered.
Yes. Tell your tutor whether you’re working on AS or A Level content and it pitches explanations and questions to match.
Yes. In the sciences, ask about Paper 3 skills like recording and processing data, and practise planning and evaluating experiments for Paper 5.
The exam coach marks answers against what mark schemes reward, says how many marks it would get, and shows what to add. Use it alongside your teacher’s marking.
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