Describe a photo or picture Flashcards
Do:
Look at your picture carefully and take a few moments to think before you start talking.
Talk for all the time you are given. If you have one minute to do the task, use every second.
Practise the useful language below so you can explain which part of the picture you are talking about.
Don’t:
Panic if you don’t know the words for all the things in the picture. You don’t need to know all the words for everything in the picture if you know what to say when you don’t know an exact word.
Get distracted and start talking about something else. Focus on the photo or picture.
Panic if your mind goes blank. Take a deep breath, look at the picture and start again.
What is in the picture?
In the picture I can see …
There’s / There are …
There isn’t a … / There aren’t any …
Say what is happening with the present continuous
The man is …ing
The people are …ing
It’s raining.
Where in the picture?
?? the top/bottom
At the top/bottom of the picture …
Where in the picture?
?? the middle of
In the middle of the picture …
Where in the picture?
?? the left/right of
On the left/right of the picture …
Where in the picture?
?? next to
next to
Where in the picture?
?? front of
in front of
Where in the picture?
?? behind
behind
Where in the picture?
?? near
near
Where in the picture?
?? top of
on top of
Where in the picture?
?? under
under
If something isn’t clear
It looks like a …
It might be a …
He could be …ing
Maybe it’s a …
Write the correct preposition (in, on, at) to fill the gaps.
__?__ the top of the picture …
on
Write the correct preposition (in, on, at) to fill the gaps.
__?__ the middle of the picture …
in
Write the correct preposition (in, on, at) to fill the gaps.
__?__ the left of the picture …
on
Write the correct preposition (in, on, at) to fill the gaps.
__?__ the bottom of the picture …
at
Write the correct preposition (in, on, at) to fill the gaps.
__?__ the picture I can see …
in
Write the correct preposition (in, on, at) to fill the gaps.
__?__ top of …
on
Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.
There’s a man ______ in the middle of the road.
- lie
- lying
lying
Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.
There ______ three people around him.
- are
- have
are
Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.
They ______ to save his life.
- try
- are trying
are trying
Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.
In the ______ corner of the picture there’s a man holding a camera.
- bottom-right
- right-bottom
bottom-right
