Figure 1 A stretch of the River Severn
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Students often mix up ‘describe’ and ‘explain’. The distinction is fairly straightforward. ‘Describe’ means to say what something is like. ‘Explain’ means to give reasons for how or why something occurs.
These questions ask you to say what something is like:
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