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Writing About a Picture

Pictures show people, animals, places, objects and activities. We can look carefully at a picture and write simple sentences about what we see.

Writing about a picture helps us connect what we see with the words we have learned.

Learning Objectives

• Look carefully at a picture.
• Identify people, animals and objects.
• Describe simple actions.
• Write simple sentences about a picture.

Look Carefully at the Picture

Before writing, look at the complete picture. Notice who or what is shown and what they are doing.

Picture clues:
A girl → a garden → flowers → watering plants

These clues can help us write sentences about the picture.

Ask Simple Questions

Questions can help you decide what to write.

• Who is in the picture?
• What can you see?
• Where are they?
• What are they doing?
• What colours or objects can you notice?

Writing Sentences from Picture Clues

Girl + garden → The girl is in the garden.
Flowers → There are flowers in the garden.
Watering → The girl is watering the flowers.

Simple picture clues can be turned into complete sentences.

Use What You Can See

Write about information that you can clearly see in the picture. Avoid adding details that the picture does not show.

A boy is playing with a ball.

If the picture clearly shows a boy playing with a ball, this is a suitable sentence.

Simple Picture Description

A short picture description can contain three to five simple sentences.

This is a park.
A boy is playing with a ball.
A girl is sitting on a bench.
There are trees in the park.

Each sentence describes something shown in the picture.

Common Mistakes

• Do not write about things that cannot be seen in the picture.
• Do not list random words without making sentences.
• Check the spelling of words.
• Start sentences with capital letters.
• Use full stops at the end of simple statements.

Practice

Imagine a picture: A boy is sitting under a tree. He has a book. A dog is sitting beside him.

1. Who is in the picture?

2. Where is the boy sitting?

3. What does the boy have?

4. Who is sitting beside the boy?

5. Write three sentences about the picture.

Try It Yourself

Choose a picture from a storybook or textbook. Look carefully at it and write three to five simple sentences about what you see.

Quick Revision

• Look carefully at the complete picture.
• Notice people, animals, objects and actions.
• Use picture clues to write sentences.
• Write only information that the picture supports.

Next Step

Now that you can write about a picture, the next lesson will teach you how to write simple sentences about yourself.