DESCRIBE

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Speaking Exams:
Describing Pictures
A few things to remember...

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 In this picture I can see…
● Where are they? A city, maybe in Europe
● What are they doing? Use Present Continuous -
People are walking / talking / visiting...
● Use Present Simple - There is a big tree on the right
● Use Prepositions (On the left / behind / next to…)
● What is the weather like? It’s cloudy / it’s warm...
● What time of day is it?
● How many people are there?
● Who are they? Friends, family...
● What are they wearing?
● How are they feeling?
● How old are they?
Speculate
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Vocabulary for speculation...
● I think…
● It looks like…
● They / he / she / it might be…
● They / he / she / it could be…
● I would say that…
● It’s possible…
● They are probably…
● I guess that...
● I think they are engineers.
● It looks like they are engineers.
● They could be engineers.
● They are probably engineers.
● I would say they are engineers.
● I think they are engineers because...
● It looks like they are engineers because...
● They could be engineers because...
● They are probably engineers because...
● I would say they are engineers because...
● I think they are engineers because they are
wearing safety jackets and hard hats.

● It looks like the man on the left is the boss

because he is explaining something to the
woman.
Example answer
● In this picture I can see 5 people.
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● There are 2 young men and 2 young women.

● I think they’re students because it looks like they are studying.

● I would say they’re university students because they’re around 20 years

old, and they aren’t wearing uniforms.

● It looks like there are books in the background (‫)مع(رفتي‬, so they might
be in a library.

● I think they are friends, or classmates, and they could be studying for a
test.
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● The two women standing up look like they are helping the other
students because they are pointing at the books on the table.

● The blonde lady is helping the man on the left wearing a blue polo
shirt, and the lady in the middle wearing a pink jumper.

● The brunette on the right is helping the man with the yellow shirt
sitting in front of her.