How to describe a picture in English
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| HOW TO DESCRIBE A PICTURE |
| At the top / At the bottom there is … |
| Behind / In front of … you can see … |
| Between … there is … |
| Both pictures depict .. |
| During the day, at night, in the evening, in the winter, after school … |
| From my point of view |
| He could be …ing |
| I (don’t) like the picture because … |
| I can see… |
| I don´t know the word for it, but… |
| I don´t know what it is called |
| I like / I don´t like the picture because…. |
| I think (that) |
| In both pictures… |
| In my opinion, |
| In the foreground/background there is … |
| In the foreground/background you can see … |
| In the middle/centre there are … |
| It can/could/might be a scene of… |
| It dates from… |
| It is addressed to …. It aims at + BVing |
| It is obvious that the artist wants to criticise / express / show … |
| It makes me think of … |
| It might be a … |
| It might be a symbol of … |
| It represents |
| It seems as if … |
| It symbolises… |
| It was drawn / painted / taken / made by… (+ auteur) |
| It was published in 2014. |
| It was taken by/in … |
| It’s a black-and-white/coloured photo |
| It’s a kind / a sort of… |
| It’s an advertisement for… |
| It’s not very clear but, probably… |
| It’s used for… |
| It’s what you do when you… |
| Maybe / Perhaps… |
| Maybe it’s a… |
| On the left/right there are … |
| The atmosphere is relaxing/peaceful/depressing |
| The issue raised is … |
| The lady / The man seems to … |
| The photo was taken by… |
| The photo/picture shows a landscape |
| The picture is composed of two parts. |
| The problem illustrated here is … |
| The scene takes place in the street, at school…. |
| There are two main characters |
| There is / there are… |
| This document is a painting, a map… |
| To conclude / as a conclusion…. |
| What I mean… |
| What I´m trying to say… |
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