PICTURE DESCRIPTION: GUIDELINES, TECHNIQUES &

EXAM TIPS
1. Describewherethingsareinthepicture.

2. Dont be too certain

Use appropriate language to show that you are guessing.
Use uncertain and speculative language when you arent 100% sure.

 Use expressions with look when making guesses and deductions based on (usually visual)
evidence:

3. Paraphrase if you dont know the word.

Don t worry if there are things in the picture that you don t know the English for. Make sure you
know how to talk round words you don t know. These expressions are always useful:

4. Give your opinion and use hesitation words.

5. What to include?

6. Learn some useful expressions:

To give general information:
- This picture shows
- In this picture I can see
- This is a picture of
- Here is a picture of

This picture was taken in

When this picture was

taken,

he/she/they + past continuous +

gerund

- Perhaps
To describe peoples age:
- Maybe
- May/Might
- Hes about years old.
- Theyre in their twenties.
- Shes a teenager / a young To talk about personal likes/dislikes:
- I
love/quite
like/really
child / a middle-aged woman
enjoy/dont like/hate camping
-

could

Northern Europe since

be

in

find)

visiting

museums

To make guesses:
- It might be summer because
- Its probably in the countryside
because
This picture

because
I find (dont

quite

boring/exciting/expensive/
-

relaxing
Im (not) very interested in /
quite keen on .