English Speaking Exercises for A2 – Photo comparison

1. Complete the phrases with the words below. Tick the phrases that are used for describing differences.

both      can      contrast      first      obvious

photos      second      theme      Unlike

1) Both ________. show ___

2) In ________. to the first photo, the second photo ___

3) In ________. photos, there are ___

4) In the first photo ___ , but in the ________. photo, ___

5) One ________. difference is (that) ___

6) The common ________. in the photos is ___

7) The ________. photo shows ___ , whereas the second photo shows ___

8) _____. the first photo, the second photo shows ___

9) You ________. see ___ in both photos.

2. Look at photos A and B and complete the description with the words below.

children      country      enjoying      fun      judging      jumping

must      see      shows      throwing      wearing

The first photo 1) _____. two little girls. They are in the 2) _____, walking on a path. It 3) _____. be raining because the path is very wet and muddy. In the second photo I can 4) _____. a man and a woman. They are playing in the snow.

Both photos show two people having 5) _____. in bad weather. In the first photo, the girls are 6) _____. in a puddle. In the second photo, the man is 7) _____. a snowball at the woman. You can see trees in both photos. In both photos, the people are 8) _____. warm coats. The obvious difference is that they are 9) _____. in the first photo, but adults in the second. 10) _____. by their expressions, I’d say they are 11) _____. themselves.

3. Read the Speaking Strategy and the task. Then write notes for your answer.

Describe and compare the two photos, C and D.

1) First photo: Description ______________

2) Second photo: Description ______________

3) Obvious difference and similarities ______________

4) How are the people feeling? ______________

4. Now do the task from exercise 3 using your notes.