Speaking skill: Photo or picture description


Speaking skill:

Photo or picture description

Street lights Guanajuato City, Guanajuato, Mexico
Street lights            Guanajuato City, Guanajuato, Mexico

Approach:   From the general to the particular

Begin by describing the picture in general. What is the most striking aspect of this picture. That which distinguishes from any other picture and can be said in just a few words?

 

Once you have formed the general descriptive sentence, begin to describe its details in the most natural order the image suggests. Some photos are best explained by their subjects, while others may be defined in sequential order, for example from left to right.

Placing the description in the picture:

on the top                  to the right of                    on top of
on the bottom           to the left of                       below the
in the middle            in the center                       in the bottom half
in the upper part      the left-hand corner           in front of
In the back of the … behind the…                  

in the background    the foreground of the photo

 

a colorful scene       a dark scene          a bright scene
a sense of loneliness                   a cheery atmosphere
a black and white image

 

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