DESCRIBING A PHOTO (Pre-int. level)
( 2-4 minutes per candidate)
Watch the following presentation and describe the images you'll see.
- *Talk about a colour photo.
Watch the following presentation and describe the images you'll see.
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USEFUL LANGUAGE:
- GIVE A GENERAL INTRODUCTION e.g. 'This picture shows …' or 'In this picture I can see...' or 'This is a picture of …'
- TALK ABOUT PLACES e.g. 'They’re driving in the country/in a city/in the mountains' or 'She’s sitting inside/outside a cafe' or 'I can see a street market/old building/square/ street/restaurant/beach …'
- DESCRIBE PEOPLE’S AGE e.g. 'He’s about 50 years old' or 'They’re in their twenties' or 'She’s a teenager/a young child/a middle-aged woman'
- DESCRIBE PEOPLE’S CLOTHES e.g. 'She’s wearing a pair of shorts and a red T-shirt' or 'They’re wearing quite casual/smart clothes' or 'He’s wearing a uniform'
- DESCRIBE PEOPLE’S ACTIONS e.g. 'He’s sitting at a desk' or 'She’s standing in a queue' or 'They’re having a meal' or 'Some people are sunbathing and others are swimming in the sea'
- DESCRIBE PEOPLE’S ROLES IN A PICTURE e.g. 'He’s probably a shop assistant and she’s a customer' or 'This person on the left seems to be a tourist guide – he’s pointing to a building' or 'The man serving the drinks is a waiter'
- DESCRIBE PEOPLE’S FEELINGS IN A PICTURE e.g. 'You can tell they are enjoying themselves because they are smiling' or 'He seems a bit frightened. Maybe this is the first time he’s tried this' or 'She looks very interested in this activity – she’s concentrating very hard'
- PARAPHRASE (use these phrases to describe words you don’t know) e.g. 'It’s something you fry food in' (frying pan) or 'It’s a kind of container for flowers' (a vase) or 'It’s a cupboard for keeping clothes in' (a wardrobe).
- MAKE GUESSES e.g. 'It might be summer because some people are wearing sunglasses' or 'It’s probably in the country, because …' or 'This picture could be in Northern Europe because of the buildings...'
- DESCRIBE POSITION e.g. 'In the middle of the picture there is a group of people, probably tourists because …' or 'In the background there is a church …' or 'There’s a bookshelf next to/near/behind/in front of the door'.
REMEMBER!
∙ Talk in sentences – don’t produce lists of items you can see
∙ Organise your description – don’t describe the same thing more than once
∙ Start with a general idea of the subject of the picture before going into details
∙ Give reasons (related to the picture) for your ideas
∙ Talk about the situation as well as the physical things you can see in the picture
∙ Give some personal reaction to the picture
∙ Listen quietly when your partner describes his/her photo – don’t give help or comment
NOW PRACTICE DESCRIBING THIS PHOTO, REMEMBER TO INCLUDE ALL THE INFORMATION ABOVE.
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Ángela M.