PICTURE DESCRIPTION
- In this picture, I can see a …
- This photo shows a …
- The picture depicts a …
- This is a photo of …
- There is a middle-aged man in the foreground.
- I can see three elderly people working in the background.
- In the far background there is a …
- Closest to us there is a …
- On the left, …
- On the left-hand side, …
- On the right, …
- On the right-hand side, …
- At the top, …
- At the bottom, …
- In the middle, …
- In the top right-hand corner, …
- In the top left-hand corner, …
- In the bottom right-hand corner, …
- In the bottom left-hand corner, …
- Near the bottom left corner, …
- Opposite him, …
- Behind him, …
- In front of him, …
- Right to the building, …
- To her left, there is a …
PICTURE DISCUSSION
26. I think they are …
27. They may be …-ing.
28. I can`t say for certain, but it may be a …
29. I can`t say for sure, but it could be a …
30. I can see a …, so it must be a …
31. I can`t see a …, so it can`t be a …
32. I think this photo was taken …
33. This photo must have been taken …
34. It looks (very much) like a …
35. It doesn`t really look like a holiday photo.
36. He looks like an artist.
37. He doesn`t look too happy.
38. He has a business-like look around him.
39. They appear to be …
40. They seem to be …
41. I`m absolutely sure that …
42. There`s no doubt that …
43. There can`t be any doubt that …
44. That reminds me of …
45. I`ve already been in a situation like this.
46. If I were in a situation like this, I would …
47. If such a thing happened to me, I would …
48. As far as I am concerned, …
49. The way I see it, …
50. From my point of view, ...
51. I`d say …
52. I couldn`t tell why they are …
53. To my mind, …
54. From my experience, …
55. What really strikes me is that …
DESCRIBING PEOPLE
56. I can see a fair-haired man in his fifties …
57. He is wearing a …
58. She has dark brown curly hair …
59. And the lady in the green coat, I imagine, is a housewife from her clothes…
60. The woman in the grey coat …
61. They are quite tall, heavily-built and broad-shouldered.
62. The dark-skinned one on the right has a moustache.
63. I think they are fairly good-looking.
64. He is all skin and bones.
65. He has an oval face with a pointed nose, thin lips and a pale complexion.
66. She is tallish.
67. He is above average height.
68. He is below average height.
69. He is on the short side.
70. He is stocky / plump / corpulent / overweight / squat / muscular / built like a barrel.
71. She is petite / thin / skinny / slight and slender / slim / like a lamp-post.
72. She is a blonde / a brunette / a redhead.
73. He is not completely bald but his hair is receding.
74. Her hair is thinning, so she is experimenting with a wig.
75. She`s dyed her hair pink.
76. Her hair is back-combed, with a ponytail.
77. He is pot-bellied.
78. He is sour-faced, looking as if he knew tomorrow was going to be the end of the world.
CONTRASTING PICTURES
79. The first picture shows a …
80. As for the first photo, …
81. In the second picture I can see a …
82. Both pictures show…
83. These pictures depict two different kinds of …
84. The room in the second picture is less /more spacious than the one in the first picture.
85. However, the man in the second picture looks quite different.
86. Two types of … are depicted in these pictures.
87. All the three pictures depict some kind of …
88. The first picture shows a happy scene whereas the second picture…
89. The scene in the first photo depicts country life. Similarly, the second photo is about the countryside.
90. Obviously, both pictures are related to …
91. The most striking similarity between the two pictures is the …
92. If there is a common theme, it should be …
93. I`m afraid I have no idea how these picture are connected.
94. They look very similar but the most conspicuous difference is the ...
95. Another thing is that …
COLOURS AND PATTERNS
96. yellowish
97. reddish
98. whitish
99. greyish
100. off-white
101. dazzling white
102. purple
103. violet
104. navy blue
105. royal blue
106. deep blue
107. pale blue
108. greeny-blue
109. bluish green
110. salmon pink
111. shocking pink
112. jet black
113. pitch black
114. smokey-grey
115. olive green
116. bottle green
117. sandy-coloured
118. coffee-coloured
119. cream-coloured
120. flesh-coloured
121. rust-coloured
122. khaki
123. buff
124. tangerine
125. mauve
126. fawn
127. bright orange
128. lavender
129. crimson
130. sea green
131. emerald green
132. spotted
133. checked
134. striped
135. floral
137. paisley
138. polka dotted
139. tartan/plaid
140. plain
FILLERS
141.Actually, …
142.In other words, …
143.As a matter of fact, …
144.Frankly, …
145.In short, …
146.To sum up, …
147.I suppose …
148.I imagine …
149.Presumably …
150.We can assume …
151.I would guess …
152.Actually, it is hard to say.
153.Alternatively, he might be …
154.Going back to the man …
155.So, returning to the man…
156.Moving to the woman …
157.As far as the woman is concerned, …
158.They are too far away to make out what they are wearing.
159.I can`t quite make out.
160.I don`t know what you call it.