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    How To Describe Pictures in English

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    The document provides instructions for describing pictures in English by outlining 4 key steps: 1) Introduce the picture/topic, 2) Locate items in the foreground/background, 3) Describe what people are doing or their physical appearance, 4) Give a personal opinion on the picture using expressions like "It seems as if..." or "I like/don't like the picture because...". It concludes by asking the reader to apply these steps to describe a picture.

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    The document provides instructions for describing pictures in English by outlining 4 key steps: 1) Introduce the picture/topic, 2) Locate items in the foreground/background, 3) Describe what people are doing or their physical appearance, 4) Give a personal opinion on the picture using expressions like "It seems as if..." or "I like/don't like the picture because...". It concludes by asking the reader to apply these steps to describe a picture.

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    The document provides instructions for describing pictures in English by outlining 4 key steps: 1) Introduce the picture/topic, 2) Locate items in the foreground/background, 3) Describe what people are doing or their physical appearance, 4) Give a personal opinion on the picture using expressions like "It seems as if..." or "I like/don't like the picture because...". It concludes by asking the reader to apply these steps to describe a picture.

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    How to describe pictures in English

    1.You shoud introduce the picture/topic using expressions


    such as:
    The photo/ picture shows...
    It was taken by /in....
    Its a black-and-white/coloured photo
    2. Locate the different items in the photo using:
    In the foreground/ background you can see..../there is...
    In the middle/centre there are / I can see....
    At the top/At the bottom there is....
    On the left/ right there is....
    Behind/ In front of... you can see...
    Between...there is....
    3. What are they doing?
    Now you describe the people in the picture or you say what is
    happening now using the present continuous (am/is/are +
    verb-ing).
    You can also use physical descriptions and describe the
    clothes they are wearing.
    4. Personal opinion
    You should finish by expressing your personal opinion.You can
    use the expressions below:
    It seems as if....
    The lady seems to...
    Maybe...
    I think...
    I wonder....
    I like / dont like the picture because....
    The atmosphere is relaxing/ depressing

    Now that you know how to do it, describe the picture below:

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