QUESTIONS BASED ON PICTURES

The basic steps to answer this type of question are:

1. Read & understand the question.
2. Brainstorm ideas.
3. Write the essay in an organised paragraphs. Write at least 5 sentences for each
paragraph.
4. Re-read the essay to check on your grammar and spelling.

Although the pictures/notes are given, a lot of students still have difficulties of finding
ideas on what to write in their essay.

How to find ideas? The answer is BRAINSTORMING!

In this post, I'll show you how brainstorming can be a great help in elaborating the
points/information given to write an essay.

Ways to brainstorm ideas are discussed as follows:

1. Find the words related to the given words.

Let's say the word given is "holiday". So, think of other words which could be related to
the word "holiday". For example:


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Use the new words to write sentences for your essay. For example:

School holidays came again. That means, there were no school and there will
be a lot of free time. Students and teachers used this precious time to relax their mind.
This was the time where most families planned some family activities such as going for
avacation or camping at any place of interest.

2. Use "Mr. How & his 5 wives" technique.

This technique refers to the "wh questions" such as:
Where?
When?
Who?
Why?
What?
How?

By using the following picture, form as many questions as you can using the "wh
questions".


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Where did they travel to?
When did they go?
Who were in the car?
Why did they go there?
What were the children/mother/father doing in the car?
How was the weather?
How was the road condition?
The answer to each question will be the sentences that you can write for your essay.

Sample answer to each of the above question:

Where did they travel to?
They travelled to Melaka.
When did they go?
They went to Melaka during the school holidays.
Who were in the car?
In the car, there were his father, Encik Jamil, his mother, Puan Sara, Johan and his
younger sister, Lily.
Why did they go there?
They went to Melaka to attend a wedding.

What were the children/mother/father doing in the car?
Encik Jamil was driving while Puan Sara listening to the radio. Johan and Lily was
chatting happily with each other.

How was the weather?
The weather was sunny and the sky was blue.

How was the road condition?
The road was quite bumpy.

The paragraph will look like this:
During the holidays, Johan and his family travelled to Melaka. They went to
Melaka to attend a wedding. In the car, there were his father, Encik Jamil, his mother,
Puan Sara, Johan and his younger sister, Lily. Encik Jamil was driving while Puan Sara
was listening to the radio. Johan and Lily was chatting happily with each other. The
weather was sunny and the sky was blue. The road was quite bumpy.

3. Observe the picture and list what you see.

By using the same picture, list what you can see.



a car
a boy
a girl
a family
Use the words to write sentences for your essay.