Topic 1.5.3 GE Describing Photos
ACTIVITY: look at the photo and discuss the questions.
- What decade do you think it is from?
- What time of the year do you think it is?
- Which day of the week do you think ist is?
- Where is the couple walking?
ACTIVITY: Read what the woman in the photo wrote and complete the gaps with a suitable preposition:
Now read the rules and check your answers to the previous exercise. Were you right?
PREPOSITIONS OF TIME AND PLACE.
In
- Time: Used for longer periods such as months, years, centuries, and long periods.
- Examples: in January, in 2023, in the 21st century
- Place: Used for enclosed spaces or areas.
- Examples: in a room, in a building, in a city, in a country
At
- Time: Used for specific times.
- Examples: at 3 PM, at noon, at midnight
- Place: Used for specific points or locations.
- Examples: at the bus stop, at the entrance, at the corner, at home
On
- Time: Used for days and dates.
- Examples: on Monday, on January 1st, on my birthday
- Place: Used for surfaces or specific parts of a place.
- Examples: on the table, on the wall, on the floor, on the bus
ACTIVITY: work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.
What month do you usually go on holiday?
Where do you usually have breakfast before coming to the office?
When did you start working at the company?
When is a profitable season for the company?
What do you think about sales campaigns and which time of the year are they?
Where do you usually have lunch?
When is your birthday? Do you take the day off?
Which is the best time of the year for a client to visit the company?
ACTIVITY: work in pairs or small groups. Describe one of the three photos below to your partner.
LISTENING: listen to Anya talking about some of her photos on Instagram. While listening answer the following questions for each of the pictures:
- Where was she?
- Who was she with?
- What were they doing?
DISCUSSION: work in pairs or small groups.
Do you post photos on social media? What kind of photos do you post?
Do you have a photo as a background on your phone, tablet, etc.? If so, what is the story behind it?
Do you have a favourite photo of yourself as a child? Who took it? What were you wearing?
- If you want you can share a personal photo with the rest of the class and describe it.
PRONUNCIATION:
Listen again. Are was and were stressed or unstressed? why?
Video:
http://BBC Learning English – Pronunciation / Tim’s Pronunciation Workshop: ‘was’ and ‘were’
(from 0:53 – 2:39)
Now you read what people in the video say. Remember the weak form of was:
- At nine o’clock last night I was watching a movie.
- I was laying in bed.
- I was invited to a dinner at my friend’s house.
- I was playing football.
- I was out drinking.
-What were you doing at nine o’clock last night?
ACTIVITY: Reading.
FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY: work in pairs and write down 5 questions you would like to ask any member of the Beatles about the moment of that iconic photo. Remember to use past tenses!