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How To Describe A Photo

This document provides guidance on describing a picture in 4 steps: 1) Focus on the main subject and objects visible in the picture. 2) Describe details like people's appearance, actions, and the background setting. 3) Use your imagination to infer additional context not explicitly shown. 4) Relate the picture to your own experiences to aid description.

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How To Describe A Photo

This document provides guidance on describing a picture in 4 steps: 1) Focus on the main subject and objects visible in the picture. 2) Describe details like people's appearance, actions, and the background setting. 3) Use your imagination to infer additional context not explicitly shown. 4) Relate the picture to your own experiences to aid description.

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HOW TO DESCRIBE A PICTURE.

1st. Focus on the main part of the picture at the beginning. Look at this picture. What can you see?

This is a picture of a little girl listening to music with headphones.

Useful language:
• This picture shows
• There is / there are
• I can see

2nd . Describe as much as you can:


1. people’s age, physical appearance, clothes
2. what people are doing
3. the background (nature, buildings), the weather, etc.

She’s about three years old. She’s got short fair hair and big dark eyes. She’s wearing a long-
sleeved white top and dungarees.
I can see some windows on the right. The girl is sitting down in a train or a plane

Useful language:
• In the foreground / in the background
• On the right / on the left

3rd . Try to use your imagination to guess. For example:

The girl could be listening to music on a train to pass the time. Maybe she is listening
to a recorded story. She is travelling by train or plane. Maybe she is going on holiday
with her family or she is going to visit her grandparents.

Useful language:

• I think... Maybe / Perhaps...


• Modal verbs of deduction: she must / can’t / might be …
• She looks…(happy.)/ She looks like … (my little sister).

4th. You can also use personal stories

Use your stories and examples from your life to speak more. People are much more comfortable talking
about their experiences, so talk about yourself. For example, when describing the girl listening to
headphones you could say:

The little girl is wearing headphones, like the ones I got for my birthday. It was a
fantastic surprise because I use them all the time to listen to music while I do my
homework.

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