Title: Strategy - General Advice
Course: Rs 9/10, E, Responding to Visual Prompts > Section: Preparing for the Speaking Task

How do you tackle picture descriptions strategically clever?

GENERAL ADVICE

- Start with a general idea of the subject of the picture before going into details
- Organise your description – don’t describe the same thing more than once
- Talk in sentences – don’t produce lists of items you can see
- Use the PRESENT PROGRESSIVE (the dog is chasing a cat; the boy is wearing a sweater)
- Give reasons (related to the picture) for your ideas
- Talk about the situation as well as the physical things you can see in the picture.
- Give some personal reaction to the picture