4. Describing pictures

 

 USEFUL PHRASES FOR DESCRIBING PICTURES 

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Do it yourself

Look at the pictures and fill in the gaps with an appropriate word.

You will find clues in brackets.

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At the there are three pictures. In the picture on the there are two : the green sofa is on the and the sofa is on the left.

In the middle there are three . The one with the hair is on the right. The one with the black hair is on the .

On the there is a picture of a and a dolphin. The dolphin is [colour] and is on the .

At the bottom there are two . The picture on the left shows a [colour] bicycle on the and a girl with a [colour] dress on the .

The last picture shows two at the and some numbers at the . Their hats are white and .

The numbers at the top are one, , four, twenty-six and . The numbers in the are five, , twenty-three, twenty-five and . The numbers the bottom are eighteen, , , eight and seventeen.

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Choose some of your favourite photos and describe them.

Answer the questions:

  • Who is it? OR What is it?
  • Where are they in the picture?
  • What colour are they?

e.g. This is my friend Emily on the right...

USEFUL TIPS

  • Revise Emily's descriptions of her pictures in Section 1
  • Revise how to make the plurals in Section 2
  • Revise the colours in Section 3

NOTE. A picture can be a photograph, a painting or a drawing.

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