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DESCRIBING A PICTURE

1 Work in pairs. Take a photo, but don’t show your photo to your friend. Ask your friend questions using
the information in the boxes below to help your partner describe his/her photo. Try to visualise it.
Then, take turns.

You can use time phrases in describing a picture: You can use different words to describe a picture more interesting:
First / Second / After / Then / Finally Adjectives: young, old, big, early, fantastic, lovely, usual, boring,

While / When / As soon as/ After / Before busy, fast, funny, etc.
During / Later / At that moment Adverbs: quickly, slowly, happily, fast, hard, well, mostly,luckily,
In the beginning / In the end badly, etc.
Suddenly Verbs: come, go, wait, talk, think, decide, look, smile, surprise, etc.

When you don't know what to say, use these hesitation strategies: Well…, Umm.., Err..., Let's see, I mean, I guess, You
know, So, Just a moment, I'm not really sure, , Let me think, You see what I mean, Is that understandable ?, Was I clear
to you?, Where was I?, I have to think about this?, What else ?, Basically…, I don't know., OK?

ACTIONS PEOPLE

Number: How many people/animals are there?
What are the people doing?
Characters: Who is he/she? Who are they? What is it? What are they?
What else is happening?
Age: How old is he/she/it? How old are they?
What was the cause?
Company: Who is with him/her/them?
What is the effect? THEME-5
Appearance: What does he/she look like? What do they look like?
Why was this picture taken?
Feelings: What is he/she feeling? What are they feeling?

SENSES PLACE TIME
What is this? Is it outside or inside?

What can the What are they? Are they outside or inside? Is it present past or future?
people / animals What can you see? What season is it?
hear, smell, l taste, Are there buildings, nature, a room, objects, or animals? What part of the day is it?

or feel? Describe the details. What colours are there? What's the time?
Use some adjectives to describe the place.

WEATHER MY FEELINGS

What do you think of this situation?
What's the weather like?
How do you feel about it/them? Comment on it/them.
What season is it?
Have you ever been in a similar situation?
What's the temperature?
What was it like?
Is it hot or cold?
How did you feel about the picture?

MATEMATİK-11
ORTAÖĞRETİM 55 ENGLISH A2 - A2+
GENEL MÜDÜRLÜĞÜ