Describing pictures

Match the phrases with the correct preposition

Groups:

(a) in

,

(b) on

,

(c) at

• the background

• the middle

• the top

• the left

• the centre

• the picture

• the right

• the bottom

• the bottom left-hand corner

• the top right-hand corner

Choose matching topics for this picture.

• coping with Covid in schools

• lack of classrooms

• collaboration in learning

• media usage in schools

Choose matching topics for this picture.

• frustration at school

• excessive pressure on students

• full university auditoriums

• exhaustion among students

Which pieces of general information can you derive from the picture?

• location of the recording

• date and time of the photo

• photographer

• type of picture

Write down three types of images that you may need to describe (other than ‘photo’).

What order would you use to describe this picture? Illustrate it on the picture with numbers or arrows.

What order would you use to describe this picture? Illustrate it on the picture with numbers or arrows.

Choose correct sentences to describe this picture.

• The girl paints a picture.

• The toddler is lying on the floor.

• The little girl is colouring on her own.

• In the background is a window.

Sort the adjectives that describe atmosphere into the categories.

Groups:

(a) dark/melancholic

,

(b) inviting

,

(c) mysterious

,

(d) intense

• peaceful

• gloomy

• dismal

• frenetic

• dramatic

• thrilling

• vigorous

• harmonious

• foreboding

• surreal

• eerie

• dreary

• uplifting

• pulsating

• picturesque

• blissful

• ghostly

Sort the adjectives that describe atmosphere into the categories.

Groups:

(a) bright

,

(b) soft

,

(c) dark

• sunlit

• dim

• lustrous

• obscure

• pale

• murky

• faintly-lit

• subtle

• blurred

• luminous

• gentle

• gleaming

• dusky