Natural English Intermediate Unit 11
The three spaces below are for photos from important times in your life which you are going to describe. You can put real photos there, sketch a photo, or just describe the photo from memory. If you can’t think of three real photos, think of three important times and describe photos that could have been taken then.
Useful language for describing photos
In/ Near the top/ bottom right/ left hand corner
At/ Near the top/ bottom
On the (far) right/ left
In the centre/ middle
In the background/ In the distance- In the foreground
It was taken in a park/ a studio/ a photo booth
It was taken at a birthday party/ a wedding
It was taken by a passerby / a professional photographer/
It was taken with a digital camera/ a film camera/ an instamatic camera/ a mobile phone (= cellphone) / a tripod/ flash/ a telephoto lens/ zoom/
It shows…
This (thing/ person) is…
As you can see,…
It’s difficult to see but…/ If you look (really) closely…
You can’t tell from the photo, but…/
It looks/ looks like, but…
Blurred
(Deliberately) out of focus/ Soft focus
Red eye
Black and white- Colour
A head and shoulders shot/ A portrait/ An action shot/ A passport photo/ A close up/ A school photo/ A wedding photo/ A graduation photo/ A group photo/ A (formal) family photo
It’s been trimmed/ photoshopped/ blown up
A pose
It was printed/ developed…
The negative
Slides
It’s on Flickr/ Picasa (= photo sharing sites)
It’s on Facebook/ My Space (= social networking site)
I keep it in my wallet/ in my purse/ in an album
I had it framed (and display it…)
It’s my profile picture
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PDF for easy saving and printing: ImportantPhotosExtendedSpeaking
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