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Effective Photo Description Tips

The document provides writing tips for describing a photo, suggesting a three-paragraph structure: background information, detailed description, and personal opinion. It emphasizes the use of present simple and present continuous tenses, frequency adverbs, and time expressions to enhance descriptions. Additionally, it encourages the reader to write a 70-80 word description of their own photo using the outlined guidelines.

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Effective Photo Description Tips

The document provides writing tips for describing a photo, suggesting a three-paragraph structure: background information, detailed description, and personal opinion. It emphasizes the use of present simple and present continuous tenses, frequency adverbs, and time expressions to enhance descriptions. Additionally, it encourages the reader to write a 70-80 word description of their own photo using the outlined guidelines.

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writing tips

PHOTO DESCRIPTION
ORGANISE
Divide the content into three paragraphs:
[Link] information: who is in the
picture, where they are and when is it.
[Link] description of what they are doing
and [Link] what they usually do.
3. your opinion of the experience - how you
feel.

USEFUL LANGUAGE
Use present simple for things that are always true
This is a photo of... We love coming to the beach
I’ve got... That’s my favourite... There is/are...

Use present continuous to describe what is happening


She is wearing... I am walking in the water
The sun is shining I’m sitting/drawing...

Use frequency adverbs to express how often you do it


She SOMETIMES hikes... We NEVER use...
I OFTEN celebrate... They are ALWAYS in class

Use time expressions at the beginning or end of a sentence


I meet friends ONCE A WEEK They go skiing IN WINTER
AT THE WEEKEND, we have a bbq She trains ON FRIDAYS

Check your writing!!!


Now it’s you turn!
Write a description of your photo. Include the following
information: Who - Where - When - What wearing -
What doing - How feel. (70-80 words)

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