Celpip Task 3 Describing A Scene
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TASK 3
Describing a Scene
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TASK 3 – DESCRIBING A SCENE
In Task 3, you need to describe a picture as well as you can. It might
be not so difficult for most of you, I believe. But you still have to
know how to deal with it the best.
First of all, start talking about the main idea what you see in a icture.
Say
•what it is,
•who you see,
•where and when it is happening
and how or why.
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•Try to describe some details, like people; what they are doing, what they are
wearing, what they have and so on. So, once again talk about:
•main idea (thing) in the picture (“This is a scene of …” / “There are a
lot of people…”)
•what people (things) are doing (“They are walking…”)
•where are they in the picture (“In the center there are…”)
•how they are doing something (“The child is trying to catch that black
cat”)
•other details (“The girl looks satisfied and happy”)
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Pay the attention that there is not necessary to talk about everything that you see in
the picture. Use only 3-4 things you feel comfortable to talk about.
Usually, those pictures you will need to describe come from any scene in the real life,
such as at school, at work, at a store, in a restaurant, in a hotel, in a museum, on a
beach, at the airport, on a plane, at the bus stop, at the bus station / subway station,
on a street, in a park, at a concert / film etc.
So, I suggest learning more vocabulary words which you would probably be using to
describe what’s going on in the picture.
You should also use describing words and phrases, such as: on; under; in; between;
behind; next to; in the middle, etc.
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Patterns:
“This is a scene of…”
“In this picture, I can see…”
“It looks like…”
“There are many things to talk about in this scene”
“The atmosphere is like a…”
“In the foreground, there is a…”
“In the background…”
“In the center…”
“In the corner…”
“On the left / right…”
“There are lots of things going on in this picture.”
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Examples:
Describe some things that are happening in the picture below as well as you can. The
person with whom you are speaking cannot see the picture.
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“This is a scene of a nice park in a village. There are many kids playing in
this park. It looks like it’s a sunny warm fall evening.
In the background, I can see a beautiful sunset. There are a few tiny
houses scattered among the green heals with tall pine trees between
them.
There is a walkway in the center of the picture. Some children are skating
down the walkway. Behind them one boy is playing with a radio
controlled car, another boy is flying a kite.
There are two girls under the tree, on the right side of the picture. One of
them is painting a picture and the other girl is reading a book.
On the left side of the picture, on the grass, kids are playing. One boy is
riding a bicycle and a blonde girl is playing the guitar. There are lots of
things going on in this park.”
Daljeet Singh @ 98149-27250
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Describe some things that are happening in the picture below as well as you can. The
person with whom you are speaking cannot see the picture.
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“This is a scene of a restaurant dining room. In the foreground, there is a couple sitting
at a table and a waiter standing by them.
It looks like the men and the women have just come because they are holding menus.
The man, who is wearing dark blue pants and a light blue shirt with an orange tie
looks appalled, probably because of the high prices for meals. The woman in front of
him in a yellow dress with orange hair is looking mysteriously sidelong.
The waiter is looking somewhere upward thoughtfully. He is ready to make notes of
the order in his notebook.
The restaurant is designed in pink and purple colors. All the tables are covered with
pink tablecloths. There are some pictures on the walls and a huge chandelier on the
ceiling.
The atmosphere in this picture tends to be a nice, peaceful evening. There are some
more interesting things in this picture I could tell about, but I hope I have described it
clearly.”
P.S. As you see both descriptions have detailed and accurate information and show
the main ideas. Of course, you don’t have to talk about everything because there may
not be enough time but try to describe the general idea.
