| THE SETTING Describe what you see in the picture t =plice, object, people. animale and | where they are * THE ACTION # Specalate about what has happened / why peapleare there speculate about what is happening Speculate about how people feel Specilate about what is going to happen next | LOCATION LANGUAGE: At the bottom / At the top a In the foreground / Inthe middle / i In the background . * Inthe top left-hand comer / In the | bottom right-hand corner. + Onthe left / On the right |" Onthe left/right-hand si¢e/corner aaa » NOW IT’S YOUR TURN:H d ib l ow to describe a picture. You must answer the wh words, insofar as possible - Where? When? Who? What? Whose? Why? and also How - how many/how much? 1) Where? Choose the right : word in brackets. This is a (wood/street) in (the : countryside/town). There are [ Why? This question is usually harder - it | | is @ higher level skill. When you have : described everything - ask yourself and | | answer questions like this: E (lots of cars/no cars.) + 1) Why are the two young people posing for | the camera? I 2) When? Put the missing | + 2) Why are they meeting up? | words back. | i | 3) Are they the same nationality? + The scene is taking place during ! : 4) What do you think happened immediately | the . The weather is | before the photo was taken? but T think it’s quite | because the people are ! | wearing . Lo bright, [ brent old day, warmctothes. | day, warm clothes. I 5) Who took the photo? : * 6) What will they do next? | | 7) What are they holding and why? : * 8) What do you think the relationship | between them is? Justify your answer. Bm mm me me ed Hf Tip: ee salutes when =| Whoand what? How many? Put the missing words back. There are people in the aman and a » describing things: e.g. It's a | | woman. They look and they are . They are posing for the » He is @ tartan scarf and and he has got a . They are both young. The woman has got long brown shawl and a grey hat. | cold, bright day / They have: | Jeans. He is wearing * got happy, smiling faces/There | | ———and she is wearing a * isasmall wooden bench/ She: happy two moustache glasses camera wearing hair foreground laughing brown | is wearing agrey woollyhat. | pose quiet wood is bathed in * Refer to the five senses - what can people see, hear, smell, taste, touch/feel. In this picture - maybe they feel onde oN eEtiv a. ef ont ‘they are wearing coats. They feel happy, because they are laughing, maybe sharing a joke. They can = iny thermos. >" smell the strong coffee/fresh air/the scent of the woods. They are looking forward to a long walk through the a a J _ trees. They are excited about their excursion.Describing a picture when Where who which What whose Why How This scene takes place in (summer/winter). These people are (at work/taking a break). The weather is (fine/bad). It is (raining/sunny) There are (five/ten) people in the foreground. They are (sunbathing and relaxing/working hard). The man at the front has (a big black dog/a small brown dog). It is (sitting up/lying down) (in front of /behind) him. He is wearing (a green cap/a brown bowler hat). In front of the central figure, two figures (are swimming/bathing) in the river. The boy with a red cap has got his hands (to his mouth/on his head). Maybe he is calling out to a friend. The other figure, also (a girl/ a boy) has got his back turned. On the left of the picture, there are (four/two) more sunbathers. They are both wearing (coats/hats). They are both looking (away from/towards) the river. The scene takes place (in the town centre/on the river banks). In the background, you can see (a bridge/some tall mountains). There are some (sailing boats/big ships) on the river. The river looks (wide and deep/narrow and shallow). You can see smoke coming from factories. This is probably a (minor/major) river ina (large/smmall) town. The central figure is (standing/sitting) on the river bank. He is (looking ahead/turning round). His feet are (on the bank/dangling in the water). Maybe he is thinking about his life or maybe he is day dreaming. He is wearing (green trousers and a yellow cap/red shorts.) His clothes are spread out (behind him/in front of him). His (back/face) is in the shade. Maybe the artist is trying to show that this figure is (happy/depressed). SEC i(tpeks-blur isein focus). It conveys the impression of (a lazy Sunday/ a busy work oa can see myse' fin tI at situation and I would love it/I can't picture myself there at all!) umaAazmamang-