Describing a photograph

1. Describing a photograph
English Speaking Tools

2. 1 DESCRIBE
• DESCRIBE what you can see in the
photograph:
• WHO are the people?
• WHERE are they?
• WHAT are they doing?

3. Useful expressions
• The photo shows…
• In the picture we can see…
• In this picture there is/are…
• In the foreground we can see…
• In the background there is/are…

4. Where are things in the photo?
AT THE TOP
AT THE BOTTOM
IN THE
MIDDLE/CENTRE
ON THE
LEFT
ON THE
RIGHT
Other prepositons of
place:
In, on, under, below,
above, near, next to,
etc

5. Other useful EXPRESSIONS
• In the top left-hand corner
• In the bottom left-hand corner
• In the top right hand-corner
• In the bottom left hand-corner
• Directly opposite

6. What are the people doing?
• We use present continuous:
– A boy is listening to music…
– The girls are talking to each other.

7. 2 IMAGINE
• Go BEYOND the picture and try to
infer/imagine from what you actually see:
• HOW do people FEEL?
• WHAT are they THINKING?
• Which TIME of the day/year is it?
• WHY are they there?