Describing people

· Would you describe each of the people in the picture?

· Describe some of the people in the picture.

· How many people are there? /Can you tell how many

people there are?

· How many people are/seem to be involved in this incident?

· How many men? How many women?

· More than 2? Ten? Fewer than ten? A great number?

Only two or three?

· How do the people in the picture feel/

· What state of mind are their in?

· Are the people in the picture happy/tired/exhausted/

frightened?

· What do the people in the picture feel? Fear? Hope?

Relief?

· Can you describe the expression on the girl’s face?

· What does the expression on the man’s face tell you?

· What is the relationship between the people?

· Do they like each other?

· What are the various people doing?

· Is it enjoyable or not?

· Why is this person here?

· What is this man in the bottom left-hand corner doing

here?

· What might he do next?

· What might he have just done?

· Who is nearby?

· How are people in the picture moving, walking, running,

crawling, etc?

· How are they dressed?

· Who is speaking? To whom?

· What do you think the woman in the centre saying?

· What is she saying to the young man and what is he

thinking?

· Can you guess what the man will say to the girl

and how she will respond?

· Where have these people come from?

· Where are they going?

Describing pictures

· Make up some sentences about the picture.

· Make up a sentence that tells us what is in the picture.

· Make some comments on each picture.

· Give the picture a title.

· Who can give the picture a one-word title?

· Make up a suitable title to go with these pictures.

· Ask your friend some questions about this picture.

· Ask for and give opinions about the places and people in

the picture.

· Write down all the words that could be used with each

picture.

· Write a paragraph about each of the facts shown in the

picture.

· Write a full description of the picture on page 12.

· For each picture improvise a conversation between the

two people in them.

· Look at the picture very carefully for a couple of minutes,

stand up with your back to it, and without looking describe each

person in the picture.

· Look at the picture for 2 minutes. Close the book. Tell

your partner all the things you can remember.

· Look at the picture. You have 2 minutes to try and

remember what is in the street.

· Now ask your partner 5 questions about the picture.

· Study the picture. You have 5 minutes to try to memorize

the situation.

· Now answer the questions of your group members.

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