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Describing a
picture
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OUTLINE OF YOUR
DESCRIPTION
FIRST- Reason for the picture
This is my favourite picture of . BECAUSE . SECOND objective description
What things are there in the picture?
What are you doing?
What are you wearing?
THIRD- subjective opinion What are your feelings?
FOURTH- Conclusion
Re-state why you chose the picture.
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What is this document?
It's a photo
It's a photograph
It's a photograph of
two young children.
Its a photograph of
two young children
reading a book.
A cartoon / a drawing / a painting / an advert
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What things are there in the picture?
In the foreground In the background
At the bottom
At the top
On the right
On the left
In the top left corner
To describe a picture we use thefollowing spatial locators:
Useful prepositions
Behind in front of opposite face to face
next to near side by side between
among in on inside outside
against above underneath under
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Position of objects
Inthebackground
In the foreground
At the top
At the bottom
On the rightOn the left
In the top
right-hand cornerIn the top
left-hand corner
In the bottom
left-hand corner
In the bottom
right-hand corner
In the middle
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What are they doing?
Theyre reading.
Theyre writing.
Theyre studying.
Theyre taking notes
for a research paper.
Theyre working late
in the library.
Note: for actions, use the "be + V-ing" form.
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What are they wearing?
A tie
A white shirt
Trousers
Shoes
Socks
A watch
A striped t-shirtI am wearing She/he is wearing
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Your turn!
It's a photograph of two
men at a conference.
The man on the right is
interviewing and filmingthe man in a grey suit.
The man on the left is
facing the camera.
ln the background there
are some tables and
chairs.
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Your turn!
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Your turn!
It's a painting of twopeople in a forest.
The forest looks strange
and threatening.
The man is in the bottom
left corner of the picture.
He is wearing a red
pullover and blue trousers,and carrying a brown bag.
He's holding a branch in
his right hand.
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Your turn!
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Your turn!
The scene takes place at night.
The people are building a
puzzle a very strange puzzle.
On the left there is a man on a
ladder holding a piece of the
puzzle.
The man and woman in themiddle are walking into the
puzzle!
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Your turn!
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Your turn!
It's a drawing of some birdsin a tree.
There is a plane dropping
hamburgers by parachute.
There is just one tree left in
the forest, the others have all
been cut down.
The birds look sad, like theydon't want hamburgers.
They want more trees!
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Your turn!
