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Year 6 English — Writing about a picture

Describe a picture in an ordered paragraph — what is there, what is happening, and where each part sits.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Sort each one by whether it only names what is there or tells you what is happening.

    Groups: Names what is there · Tells you what is happening

    • The boy is flying a kite.
    • The water shines in the sun.
    • a tall tree
    • a wooden bench
    • Two birds fly over the field.
    • a small pond

  2. 2.You are writing about the park picture. Sort each sentence by whether it belongs in that piece of writing.

    Groups: Belongs · Does not belong

    • The film starts at seven.
    • My cousin lives in another city.
    • The pond lies in the front corner.
    • A tall tree stands in the middle of the park.
    • Yesterday I lost my pencil.
    • A boy is flying a kite above the field.

  3. 3.Which sentence would make the best closing sentence for writing about the park picture?

    • a) A kite is a toy made of paper.
    • b) There is also a pond.
    • c) The tree is in the middle.
    • d) The whole scene is quiet and unhurried.

  4. 4.In a picture, what do we call the part that lies farthest away, behind everything else?

    • a) The outline
    • b) The middle
    • c) The foreground
    • d) The background

  5. 5.Which of these tells you what is happening, rather than only what is there?

    • a) a boy flying a kite
    • b) a tall tree
    • c) a wooden bench
    • d) a small pond

  6. 6.Tap the part of this picture that tells you it is daytime.

    Write the number of the part.

    123456

  7. 7.Match each part of the park picture to a phrase that describes it.

    • the sun
    • the kite
    • the bench
    • the pond
    • a bright circle in a clear sky
    • a wooden seat in the shade of the tree
    • a diamond of paper high above the field
    • a patch of still water in the front corner

  8. 8.Put these sentences in order to make one good paragraph about the park picture.

    • To the right of the tree, a boy is flying a kite high above the field.
    • The picture shows a park on a bright morning.
    • Seen in that order, the tree, the kite and the pond make a quiet, unhurried scene.
    • Last of all, you notice the small pond in the front corner.
    • First, your eye goes to the tall tree standing in the middle.

Answer key — Year 6 English — Writing about a picture

  1. 1. a wooden bench → Names what is there; The boy is flying a kite. → Tells you what is happening; a tall tree → Names what is there; The water shines in the sun. → Tells you what is happening; a small pond → Names what is there; Two birds fly over the field. → Tells you what is happening
  2. 2. A boy is flying a kite above the field. → Belongs; A tall tree stands in the middle of the park. → Belongs; The pond lies in the front corner. → Belongs; My cousin lives in another city. → Does not belong; Yesterday I lost my pencil. → Does not belong; The film starts at seven. → Does not belong
  3. 3. d) The whole scene is quiet and unhurried.
  4. 4. d) The background
  5. 5. a) a boy flying a kite
  6. 6. 1 — The sun
  7. 7. the sun → a bright circle in a clear sky; the kite → a diamond of paper high above the field; the bench → a wooden seat in the shade of the tree; the pond → a patch of still water in the front corner
  8. 8. 1. The picture shows a park on a bright morning. 2. First, your eye goes to the tall tree standing in the middle. 3. To the right of the tree, a boy is flying a kite high above the field. 4. Last of all, you notice the small pond in the front corner. 5. Seen in that order, the tree, the kite and the pond make a quiet, unhurried scene.