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My journey to work

How do you go to work? How long is your journey? Listen to Anne describe her journey to work.
a mother pushing a pram and walking home with her son

The school run

When you describe a photo it is important to say where the people are and what the people are doing.

doctors and nurses speaking with a patient

In a hospital ward

When you are describing a place it is useful to use relative clauses to add details to your description.

 mechanic apprentices

At work

Would you like to learn how to describe a picture?

Describing a picture: a formal conversation

In this description of a photo of a formal conversation, you will hear language to speculate about how people are feeling and what they might be saying to each other. Use these activities to build your range of feelings adjectives, practise modals for speculating and practise word order in indirect questions.

Describing a picture: market stall

Would you like to learn how to describe a picture? These activities will help you to speak about what you see in a photograph, in this case a photo of a market.

people sat on a bench in a park

Relaxing in the park

Would you like to learn how to describe a picture?

a small boy at the dentists

At the dentist’s

Would you like to learn how to describe a picture?

people waiting at a bus stop

Waiting in a queue

When you describe a picture with people in it, you sometimes need words to say where the people are.

a father playing with his child in the snow

Describing a winter scene

In these activities you will learn a range of adjectives for describing a picture that has been taken outside, such as a winter scene.

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