Express Yourself Describing a picture

In some exams, you have to describe what you see in a picture or photograph. Here are some useful phrases:

The picture shows a family gathered around a kitchen table.

This is a picture/​photo of a busy city street.

In the foreground/​background, we can see a group of protesters.

In the bottom right-hand corner/​top left-hand corner, there's a child sitting alone.

On the left/​On the right/​In the middle, someone is standing with a bottle in his hand.

In the cartoon, we can see two people looking at a newspaper headline.

The cartoonist has drawn the man to represent a typical businessman.