Describing an image or picture description questions are important English language learning tasks. It is important to learn how to describe a photo in English. In some English proficiency tests, you are given time limit or word limit to describe a photo. It is important to be precise and to the point and explain the picture with all its important detail. Here are some general guidelines to describe an image.
Describe aloud the image below question type
You might sometimes need to speak or write about a photo as part of your English Test or exam. Here is some information about the Describe an image question type.
How to describe a picture
General guidelines
- Start with the first impression of the picture.Give a general summary of what you see in the picture in the first sentence.
- Focus on the key/main details.
- Mention where thing are in the picture, Say if the things or people are seen in the foreground, background, middle, right or left of the picture etc.
- Add details in to your description. Describe if the picture is cute, interesting, boring, simple, panoramic, dull etc.
- Add adjectives to describe things or people.For example, a busy street, a desolate town, a rainy day, two tall people, a congested area, etc.
- ***Speculate about the picture or its context for example; when and where the picture was taken, why the characters or things in the picture are behaving in a certain way.
Use all the time allowed to describe the picture.Follow the guidelines.
Speak about the photo, Example 1
This is a cute picture of small kids eating on a table in a room that looks like a child care facility.The kids have some fruit in front of them in the bowls. It is obvious that they are enjoying it a lot. The boy on the right and the one sitting close to him are looking into the camera while the girl on the left is looking at her food. There are some colour variations in the picture; for example, the bowls have different colours such as pink and blue. The table in the foreground is pink while the chairs are green, while the table and chairs in the background are all pink. There are some pictures of animals and trees painted on the wall. Some beds with wheels stacked by the walls.It seems that the picture is either from Japan or Korea.
Describe the image aloud, Example 2
The image shows a busy area of a city with train tracks starting at the bottom of the picture and stretched till far. A train is moving on the tracks.There is a suspension bridge built above the surface of a lake.Some mountains with houses built on them are also visible in the background. There is a row of tall buildings with a line of parked cars at its bottom. We can also see a busy road beside the tracks. Overall, the picture is kind of intricate as the photographer took it from far so not all objects are clear. It seems that it was a really busy time of the day when this picture was taken.
Picture Description Example 3
The picture shows a young woman sitting outdoors on a bench with some books on a table in front of her. One of the books is open and she is looking at it with a pen in her hand.It looks like she is a student and she is either doing her assignment or trying to understand something in her notes.There are more benches with tables behind her. Some rich foliage is visible in the background. Most probably, this picture is from a park or an outdoor area of a college or university.
Picture Description Example 4
The picture shows a tall red building with the sky in the background.The building is made of red bricks with three glass windows in each row. White curtains can be seen hanging on the windows. It looks like it is an office building. The photographer has closely focused on the height of the building in the picture and no other objects are visible around the building except the blue sky with scattered clouds.
Picture Description Example 5
This image shows one of the many stunning stone structures in the world. The photo shows the rocky arch against a starry sky at night time. The night sky is full of countless stars. The light of the sky illuminates the inner part of the arch. A person is seen standing in the middle of the structure on the ground. It is a fascinating picture.
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