Describe a Picture
A versatile printable picture-description template for ESOL and English classes, with sensory and location prompts.
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Describe a Picture
Use this page with any classroom photograph or picture prompt.
Name
Date
Look carefully at your picture.Write what you can see. Add colours, positions, actions and feelings.
I can see…
people · places · objects · animals
Where?
in the foreground · behind · next to · on the left/right
What is happening?
walking · talking · sitting · playing · working
Details
colours · weather · size · mood
Useful startersIn this picture, I can see… · There is/There are… · In the background… · The picture makes me feel…
Continue practising
Build on this activity with another closely related practice.