DESCRIBING A PICTURES

There are four steps to describe a picture

1. Where was this picture taken?
2. What can you see first in this picture?
3. Describe the right/left side and background/foreground of the picture in
detail.
4. How do you feel about the picture?
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Step 1: Where was this picture taken?
o This is a picture taken in........
o This is a picture of......
o It looks like it’s......
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Step 1: Where was this picture taken?

This is a picture taken in a This is a picture of a street It looks like it’s an outdoor
classroom intersection with a buffet
crosswalk
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Step 2: What can you see first in the picture?
o There is a/There are... (somebody/something) + V-ing...
o I can see...(somebody) + V-ing...
o What I can see first is a...(somebody) + V-ing
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Step 2: What can you see first in the picture?

There is a teacher writing I can see a few people What I can see first in the
something on the board crossing the street picture is a table full of
food and drinks
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Step 3: Describe the right/left side and background/foreground of the
picture in detail
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Step 3: Describe the right/left side and background/foreground of the
picture in detail

Behind the teacher there is
a computer.....
In the background of the
picture, there are many large
buildings and people walking
around on the sidewalks
The girl on the left of the
picture has blond wavy
hair
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Step 4: How do you feel about the picture?
o It looks like....
o (Something) looks + adj
o It mightmay be + adj
o He/ She seems...
o I guess...
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Step 4: How do you feel about the picture?

It looks like this class is This picture looks like the They seem to enjoy the
interesting because the downtown area of a big city party a lot because all of
students are focusing on because there are many them are smiling happily.
the class people and buildings.
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What I can see in the picture is a street intersection

with a crosswalk.
In the foreground of the picture, you can see a few
people crossing the street and all of them are
wearing winter clothes like coats. Next to the people
there is one yellow car stopped at the intersection. In
the background of the picture, there are many large
buildings and people walking around on the
sidewalks.
This picture looks like the downtown area of a big
city because there are many people and buildings.
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