How to describe a picture ?
Basic guide to describe a picture orally
Index
1. Identify the document
2. Answer the 4 questions
3. Use simple sentences
4. Use prepositions
5. Practice !
6. Thanks
Identify the document
What type of picture is it ?
Types of document
- un dessin humoristique
- une couverture de magazine
- une photographie
- une publicité
- une affiche
- une peinture
- a photo
- an ad
- a cartoon
- a painting
- a magazine cover
- a poster
Give some informations about its origine and its content
- It comes from...
- It dates from...
- It was painted / drawn by...
https://www.floraldaily.com/article/9314136/the-growing-demand-for-skilled-horticulturalists/
Answer the 4 questions
Talk about the important informations
The important questions
WHO ?
WHERE ?
WHEN ?
Talk about the characters / people (personnages / personnes)
Specify the date / time (la date / le moment)
Say where the scene takes place
WHAT ?
Speak about the action, what is happening (ce qui se passe)
Use simple sentences
Know some basic expressions
What does it show ? How is it composed ?
- La légende dit ...
- Il/elle est composé(e) de ...
- Il y a ...
- Il/elle est composé(e) de ... parties
- Il/elle représente / montre ...
- It represents / It shows ...
- The caption says...
- It is composed of ... parts
- It is composed of ...
- There is / there are ...
Use the prepositions of place
Situes les principaux éléments de l'image
Preposition of places
In the background
à l'arrière plan
au premier plan
In the foreground
à gauche
on the left
on the right
à droite
en haut de
At the top
At the bottom
en bas de
in front of
devant
Behind
derrière
in the center of
au centre de
Another one :Next to (à côté de)
Thanks!
Describing a picture
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Created on September 4, 2022
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How to describe a picture ?
Basic guide to describe a picture orally
Index
1. Identify the document
2. Answer the 4 questions
3. Use simple sentences
4. Use prepositions
5. Practice !
6. Thanks
Identify the document
What type of picture is it ?
Types of document
Give some informations about its origine and its content
https://www.floraldaily.com/article/9314136/the-growing-demand-for-skilled-horticulturalists/
Answer the 4 questions
Talk about the important informations
The important questions
WHO ?
WHERE ?
WHEN ?
Talk about the characters / people (personnages / personnes)
Specify the date / time (la date / le moment)
Say where the scene takes place
WHAT ?
Speak about the action, what is happening (ce qui se passe)
Use simple sentences
Know some basic expressions
What does it show ? How is it composed ?
Use the prepositions of place
Situes les principaux éléments de l'image
Preposition of places
In the background
à l'arrière plan
au premier plan
In the foreground
à gauche
on the left
on the right
à droite
en haut de
At the top
At the bottom
en bas de
in front of
devant
Behind
derrière
in the center of
au centre de
Another one :Next to (à côté de)
Thanks!