Class 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: ________________________

Before you start

Every part of this picture has a name. Find out what each one is called before you write about any of it — six parts, in any order, and there is nothing here to get right.

1. The sun
2. The kite
3. The tree
4. The bench
5. The boy flying the kite
6. The pond

Notice where each part sits. The sun and the kite are up in the background, the tree and the bench are in the middle, and the pond is right at the front — which is very nearly the order you would write about them in.

1.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.
- Yesterday I lost my pencil.
- My cousin lives in another city.
- A tall tree stands in the middle of the park.
- A boy is flying a kite above the field.
- The pond lies in the front corner.
2.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
- Two birds fly over the field.
- a small pond
- The water shines in the sun.
- a wooden bench
- a tall tree
- The boy is flying a kite.
3.Which sentence describes the bench best?
- a) A wooden bench stands in the shade of the tree.
- b) A bench.
- c) Bench in picture.
- d) There is a bench.
4.Which of these tells you what is happening, rather than only what is there?
- a) a wooden bench
- b) a small pond
- c) a tall tree
- d) a boy flying a kite
5.In a picture, what do we call the part that lies farthest away, behind everything else?
- a) The background
- b) The foreground
- c) The middle
- d) The outline
6.Put these sentences in order to make one good paragraph about the park picture.
- Last of all, you notice the small pond in the front corner.
- The picture shows a park on a bright morning.
- First, your eye goes to the tall tree standing in the middle.
- To the right of the tree, a boy is flying a kite high above the field.
- Seen in that order, the tree, the kite and the pond make a quiet, unhurried scene.
7.Writing about a picture is usually done in which tense?
- a) The simple past — a boy flew a kite
- b) Any tense, as long as it changes
- c) The future — a boy will fly a kite
- d) The present — a boy is flying a kite
8.Match each part of the park picture to a phrase that describes it.
- the sun
- the kite
- the bench
- the pond
- 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
- a bright circle in a clear sky

Answer key — Class 6 English — Writing about a picture

1. 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
2. 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
3. a) A wooden bench stands in the shade of the tree.
4. d) a boy flying a kite
5. a) The background
6. 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.
7. d) The present — a boy is flying a kite
8. 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