Starting Off

1. Do you prefer eating at a restaurant or ordering food online? Why?
2. What do you usually order when you use an online food delivery service?
3. What’s one food you think is healthy, but other people might not agree?
4. Have you ever tried a new food that you were nervous to try at first? What was it?

Listening

1. Listen to this short conversation and answer the questions.

Speaking

KEY LANGUAGE AND IDEAS FOR DESCRIBING A PHOTO

Say what you can see:

• The picture shows….   
• I can see…   
• There’s a…
  
• There are some…   
• but you can’t see   
• She’s got…   
• He has….

Describe where things are in the picture:

• at the front   
• in the background   
• on the left   
• on the right
  
• in the middle   
• behind   
• in front of   
• next to

Use the present continuous:

• He’s wearing..   
• She’s running….

Talk about the people:

• tall,
• long/short hair   
• young   
• old

Talk about the place:

• Indoors   
• outdoors   
• attractive   
• comfortable   
• safe

Talk about the weather:

• sunny   
• cloudy   
• wet

When you don’t know the word for something:

• It’s a kind of…   
• It looks like a…

Make guesses:

• He looks like…   
• He seems to be…   
• I guess he’s probably…
  
• I think maybe… 
• It might be…

1. Look at the photos. Describe the photos using the expressions above. Describe about :

• The place in the photo
• The weather
• What the people doing in the photo
• What the people are wearing
• Everyday objects

2. Describe and discuss each photo based on the questions. 

Say what you can see:

1. What can you see in the picture?
2. Is there a person in the picture? What are they doing?
3. Are there any animals or objects in the picture? What are they?

Describe where things are in the picture:

1. What is in the background of the picture?
2. Is there anything in the middle of the picture?
3. Can you describe what is on the left or right side of the picture?

Use the present continuous:

1. What is the person in the picture doing?
2. What are they wearing?
3. Are there any people talking or moving in the picture?

Talk about the people:

1. How old do you think the people in the picture are?
2. Can you describe their hair or clothes?
3. Do the people in the picture look happy or serious?

Talk about the place:

1. Do you think this is indoors or outdoors? Why?
2. Does the place look safe or comfortable? Why do you think so?
3. Can you describe the environment in the picture?

Talk about the weather:

1. What is the weather like in the picture?
2. Does it look sunny, cloudy, or wet? How can you tell?
3. Do you think the weather is warm or cold? Why?

When you don’t know the word for something:

4. If you don’t know what something is in the picture, how would you describe it?
5. Can you say, “It’s a kind of…” or “It looks like…” about anything in the picture?

Make guesses:

1. What do you think the person in the picture is doing?
2. Where do you think this picture was taken?
3. How do you think the person in the picture feels? Why?
4. Can you guess what might happen next in this scene?

3. Look at the photo. Choose the correct words in italics to describe where the people are

4. Look at the photo again. Complete the sentences with the correct present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.