picture description

(C) Eduardo Munoz, Greenpeace. March 2022. Greenpeace USA boats protest the New York City arrival of a 50,000-ton oil tanker carrying Russian fossil fuel products, financing Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.

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How to

Describe a picture

(C) Eduardo Munoz, Greenpeace. March 2022. Greenpeace USA boats protest the New York City arrival of a 50,000-ton oil tanker carrying Russian fossil fuel products, financing Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.

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Talk about your speculations, your feelings and your opinion.

Describe what the people in your picture are doing and what else is happening in the picture.

Describe the position of persons and things.

What's in the picture? What kind of picture is it? Where was is taken? When was is taken? Who took it?

4. Interpretation

3. What is happening?

2. What is where?

1. Introduction

Describe a picture in four easy steps!

Have you looked at all the details and information carefully? ? click on the arrow to go to the next page.

First of all: Take a minute to look at the picture. Look at all details. Then read the caption

(C) Eduardo Munoz, Greenpeace. March 2022. Greenpeace USA boats protest the New York City arrival of a 50,000-ton oil tanker carrying Russian fossil fuel products, financing Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.

WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED ONE STEP, YOU WILL HAVE TO ANSWER A QUESTION TO GO ON WITH THE NEXT STEP. READ THE INFORMATION CAREFULLY.

on the next pages you will get to know the four steps of a picture description and useful vocabulary. Try to apply them to the picture!

(C) Eduardo Munoz, Greenpeace. March 2022. Greenpeace USA boats protest the New York City arrival of a 50,000-ton oil tanker carrying Russian fossil fuel products, financing Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.

Give a general description of the picture. Can you answer the wh-questions below? Try it!

Who made it when and where?

What type of picture is it?

What can you see in the picture?

Hover your mouse over the quotation marks ( ) to see useful phrases.

1. Introduction

(C) Eduardo Munoz, Greenpeace. March 2022. Greenpeace USA boats protest the New York City arrival of a 50,000-ton oil tanker carrying Russian fossil fuel products, financing Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.

Complete the sentence: "The picture was taken by ..."

enter the full name

Describe the position of persons and things. Where is the tanker? What else can you see?

Hover your mouse over the quotation marks ( ) to see useful phrases.

2. What is where?

(C) Eduardo Munoz, Greenpeace. March 2022. Greenpeace USA boats protest the New York City arrival of a 50,000-ton oil tanker carrying Russian fossil fuel products, financing Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.

Complete the sentence: "In the ... there is a boat."

enter the missing word

In this step, describe what is happening and what the people in the picture are doing.

Use the present progressive! Hover your mouse over the quotation marks ( ) to see example sentences.

3. What is happening?

(C) Eduardo Munoz, Greenpeace. March 2022. Greenpeace USA boats protest the New York City arrival of a 50,000-ton oil tanker carrying Russian fossil fuel products, financing Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.

complete the sentence: "Two people .... on the boat."

enter the missing phrase

Talk about your speculations, your feelings and your opinion.

Hover your mouse over the quotation marks ( ) to see useful phrases.

What do you think/speculate?

Do you like the picture? Why/why not?

How would you describe the atmosphere?

4. Interpretation

(C) Eduardo Munoz, Greenpeace. March 2022. Greenpeace USA boats protest the New York City arrival of a 50,000-ton oil tanker carrying Russian fossil fuel products, financing Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.

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