1.
Describing a photograph
Useful Language for the Certificat
Intermedi EOI

2.
Questions you may ask about your partner’s picture
So, what’s in your picture?
Where do you think it was taken?
When was it taken? [summer, winter, during the day, at night]
Do they seem happy/sad/tired?
What kind of house/shop/etc. is it?
What does he/she look like?

3.
My picture shows… It might have been taken
There is/ are… in summer, in the
I can see… countryside of Spain
In the foreground / in the  I would say it was taken in
background a cold day in winter
On the right / on the left It can ‘t/might/must be
In the top left corner of the the Mediterranean coast, as
picture… there are palm trees …
The central focus of this  Maybe / Perhaps
picture is…  It reminds me of my
The picture has two main schooldays when I was
parts twelve …
 It seems that …
 He seems to be happy
/the woman’s husband/in a
bad moment

4.
Spotting similarities and differences
 Ah, then both pictures were taken in the countryside.
 So this is another similarity, both pictures were taken in the
countryside.
 So the people in your picture are young whereas in mine, they
are old.
Ah, in my picture they are old, this is a difference.
 My picture was taken in the countryside too. This is a/another
similarity.
The house in my picture isn’t too big either.