Writing • A description of a picture

1 Read the text and correct the sentences.
2 Read the text again. Put these phrases in the
correct place in column A.
a special meal good memories
in the background in the foreground
in the middle meal outside
new house on the left
on the right time together
two years ago visit my uncle

A Picture
B  My photo
description
two years ago
Introduction

Who’s/What’s in
the photo and
where
My mom took this photo about two years ago,
when we were visiting my uncle. He lives in Spain, Reasons for
so we don’t often see each other. He was living choosing the
in a new house, and it was the first time that we photo
saw it.
The photo is of a special meal. We cooked 3 Choose your favorite photo. Write phrases about
paella, which his family had never tried before. it in column B.
The weather was great, so we ate outside. You
can see grass and some trees in the background. 4 Write a description of your photo. Use your ideas
That’s the food on the table in the foreground. and information from Exercises 2 and 3.
That’s my uncle and my cousin on the right, (Introduction)
and my aunt on the left serving the food. My
sister and I are in the middle. We’re all laughing
because my uncle was telling a joke.
I like this photo because it brings back good (Description)
memories of the time we spent together.
1 This was the family’s third visit to the uncle’s
house.
This was the family’s first visit to the uncle’s
house.
2 They ate in the kitchen.
(Conclusion)
3 The food is on the table in the background.

4 The people in the photo are crying.

5 Her uncle is on the left of the photo.

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