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Describing a picture
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Describing a picture. Stepping points.

• Look at the picture and guess what it shows. Give
  your reason.
• Describe the background of the picture.
• Describe where people and things are in the
  picture.
• Describe people in the picture.
• Give your opinion on what is going on in the
  picture.

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I think I believe In my opinion Judging by As far
as I can judge Probably It might be
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What kind of place is it?

• City
• Countryside
• Mountains
• Seaside
• Office
• School
• Club

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Where people and things are in the picture

• In the background of the picture
• In the foreground
• In the centre
• In the right/left corner
• In the distance

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Describing people

• What people look like (describing appearance)
• What they are wearing (clothes)
• What people are doing
• What people are feeling

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Appearance

• Height
• Weight
• Face
• Hair
• Eyes
• Lips
• Cheeks
• Chin

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APPEARANCE

• Describing a picture dont give a detailed
  description of persons appearance.
• Look at what Sara writes about herself
• Im fairly tall and quite slim. My hair is
  blonde. Its straight and fairly long. I dont
  wear glasses.

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HEIGHT

• Quite
• Rather
• Very
• Extremely

• Tall
• Short
• Medium height
• Average size

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WEIGHT

• Quite
• Rather
• Very
• Extremely

• Fat
• Slim
• Overweight
• Thin
• Average size

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HAIR

• Long
• Short
• Shoulder-length

• Straight
• Curly
• Wavy
• Black
• Brown
• Red
• Grey
• Blonde

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She has got fabulous long curly blonde hair.
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CLOTHES
FORMAL
INFORMAL
A PAIR OF JEANS A SKIRT A T-SHIRT A CAP
A PAIR OF BOOTS A DRESS A CAP
A SHIRT A TIE A SUIT
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Activities

• What are people doing?
• The Present Continuous Tense is used to describe
  peoples activities, e.g. They are discussing
  their project.

The girl is running.
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FEELINGS
He is angry.
She is enjoying herself.
He is interested in a person he is speaking to.
He is surprised.
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Clauses of Manner
They look as if/as though they are having fun.
He looks as if/ as though hes got a cold.
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Clauses of Manner

• are introduced with as if/as though
• are used to express the way in which something is
  done/said, etc.
• are used after verbs such as

• act
• appear
• be
• behave
• feel
• look
• seem
• smell
• sound
• taste

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Clauses of Manner
They behave as if/ as though they are a family.
(Its possible they are a family.)
She looks as if/as though she is a model.(Its
possible she is a model.)
She seems as if/ as though she is going to the
party. (Its possible she is going to the party.)
She looks as if/ as though shes going to kick a
ball. (Its possible shes going to kick a ball.)
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Clauses of Manner
They act as if/ as though
She looks as if/as though
They seem as if/ as though
He sounds as if/ as though
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Conditionals Type 2

• Describing a picture, dont forget to give your
  personal opinion on what is happening.
• Use Conditionals Type 2 starting with
• If I were there
• I wish I
• I had better
• I would rather

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Conditionals Type 2

• They are used to
• describe an imaginary situation contrary to facts
  in present, e.g. If I were there, I would enter
  the competition.
• give advice, e.g. He had better take some warm
  clothes with him.
• express a wish, I wish I would be with them
  there on the beach. If only I would join their
  team.

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Conditionals Type 2
Type 2 unreal present
Wishes
If past simple/ past continuous, would/could/mig
ht bare infinitive
Wish/if only past simple/ past continuous
advice
preference
had better bare infinitive
Would rather bare present infinitive (present/
future)
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Type 2 unreal present

• are used- To describe an imaginary situation
  contrary to the facts in present- To give advice
• If past simple/ past continuous,
  would/could/might bare infinitive

If I had time, I would take up rafting.
If I were there, I might have fun.
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Wishes

• We use the verb wish and the expression if only
  to express a wish. If only is more emphatic than
  I wish.
• wish/ if only past simple/ past continuous

I wish I were there on the ride.
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advice

• We use had better to give advice or to say what
  the best thing to do in a particular situation
  is.
• had better bare infinitive

He had better act accurately.
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preference

• We use would rather to express preference
• would rather bare infinitive (present/past)

I dont like horse racing. I would rather take up
scuba-diving.
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Check yourself

• 1.As far as I can judge this picture shows
• a. A big city b. a school c. the Zoo
• 2.In the foreground of the picture we can see
• a. Three people and a dolphin b. three people and
  a shark c. two people
• 3.In the background of the picture there are
• a. Busy streets b. green trees and people passing
  by c. high mountains

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Check yourself

• 4. In the centre of the picture we can see
• The blue sea b. a wild lake c. a swimming pool
• 5. People in the right corner who I consider to
  be a family
• Are wearing warm clothes b. are wearing swimming
  costumes c. are wearing bright light clothes
• 6. The woman with long blonde hair
• a. Is laughing b. is feeding a dolphin with fish
  c. is shouting at her son

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Check yourself

• 7. People seem as if they are
• cold b. bored c. having fun
• 8.She had better not feed the animal as
• a. It is not allowed to feed animals in Zoos b.
  dolphins dont like fish c. the dolphin may hurt
  her
• 9. I wish I were there as
• I like warm weather and animals b. the weather is
  sunny today c. I am sick and tired

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Try yourself in describing a picture