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Describing Pictures

This document is a guide for students at CTT de los Andes Language Center on how to describe pictures during exams. It outlines key aspects to focus on, such as people, actions, locations, clothing, emotions, and predictions, and provides useful expressions for effective descriptions. Additionally, it encourages practice by analyzing students' performances and engaging with various pictures.

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Describing Pictures

This document is a guide for students at CTT de los Andes Language Center on how to describe pictures during exams. It outlines key aspects to focus on, such as people, actions, locations, clothing, emotions, and predictions, and provides useful expressions for effective descriptions. Additionally, it encourages practice by analyzing students' performances and engaging with various pictures.

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CTT de los Andes Language Center

Level 4-6

Describing pictures.

I.- Introduction

During your exams here in the institution, you will be asked to describe pictures. It is sometimes
difficult. However, this guide will help you overcome this challenge.

II.- What do you have to describe?

A good student will describe different aspects of the pictures. It is highly recommended to
describe:

People or The actions The place The clothes The Your


objects that the people the picture people are emotions predictions.
are shown in are doing in was taken. wearing. people in
the picture. the picture. the picture
might feel.

III.- Watch the video and analyze the students’ performance.

IV.- Useful expressions.

Here you have a chart with expressions that can help you when describing pictures.

In this picture, I can see ________


In the photo, there is/are ___________
In the picture, it is possible to see _________
The photo shows __________
It is clearly seen that the man/woman is _____ (+ ing)
It is possible to see that the people are _____ (+ ing)
It is certain that the woman/man is _____ (+ ing)
It is seems that the people are _____ (+ ing)
I think that the picture was taken in_____
I believe that it is a photo from______
I guess that the photo is from ______
Probably the picture is in _______

I can see that the man/woman is wearing _________


The people are wearing _________

Probably, the man/woman feels ________ because ______


Maybe, the man/woman feels ________ because ______
It seems that the people feel ________ because ______
I believe that the man/woman will probably ___ (+ infinitive)
I think that the people will certainly ___ (+ infinitive)

It is always important to use preposition of place to illustrate


where the people objects are.

At the top/bottom of the picture ___


In the middle of the picture ___
O the left/right of the picture ___
next to
in front of
behind
near
on top of
under

V.- Practice

Now it is time to practice. Look at the pictures and tell me what you can see.

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