Both photos show…
Each picture illustrates how/where…
Both photos show problems which…
The photos deal with different aspects of…
The pictures/photos/photographs are about…
Give a brief description of the photos (action, location)
In the first photo there is… who/that …..
The second photo shows … who/that…./ The second photo is different because it shows … who/that/…
Speculating about the situation
It may be…
They could be…
Perhaps, …
It is probably…
I imagine they’re…
Another idea is that…
It is also possible that…
It’s not clear if…
It seems to me that the people in the picture…
I get the impression that the people are not very happy here…
They don’t seem to be enjoying themselves…
Say what the pictures have in common
Both each and like just as similarly similar to
Both pictures have a few/a lot of things in common.
The photos are quite similar in many ways.
The pictures are similar because they both show …
Both photos were taken inside/outside.
Both pictures were taken in winter/summer.
Пример:
| Similarly, just as both each | In picture 1 it is a nice sunny day. Similarly, in picture 2 the weather is warm and sunny. Just as in picture 1 it is a nice sunny day; in picture 2 the weather is warm and sunny. Both pictures show a nice sunny day. Each picture depicts a hot sunny day. |
Say in what way the pictures are different
whereas while however unlike in comparison with
in contrast to be different from differ although but in contrast
There are some differences between these two photos.
There is a big difference between these two pictures.
The two pictures have more differences than similarities.
Пример:
| unlike while In contrast | Unlike picture 1 in which the children are swimming in the river, in picture 2 the people are sunbathing on the beach. While in picture 1 the children are swimming in the river, in picture 2 the people are sunbathing on the beach. In picture 1 the children are swimming in the river. In contrast, in picture 2 the people are sunbathing on the beach. |
Say which way of spending free time you’d prefer. Explain why.
Personally, I think… / In my opinion, … / I’d rather… I definitely wouldn’t like to.../ Besides, …./ Moreover, …
I enjoy… more than… that is why I prefer...
Пример сравнения
These pictures are about places where people can live in.
In the first picture we see a large industrial city. In the second picture there is a small village.
There are not many similarities between these two pictures. I think that what unites them is that in both pictures we can see buildings, houses and roads.
There are more differences than similarities between these two pictures. I’ll name some of them. Firstly, the first picture shows a densely populated city with lots of tall buildings and blocks of flats, while the second picture depicts a rural area with a lot of green land and some old houses. Secondly, the city is located near a river, whereas the village is situated at the foot of the mountain. Another difference concerns transport. There isn’t any means of transport in the second picture. In contrast, in the first picture we can see a steamboat and a lot of cars on the bridge across the river. Furthermore, we can guess that the first picture was taken in summer, while the other picture shows an autumn day.
Personally, I’d prefer city life to country life. A city is a place where there are more places to go to, a wide variety of attractions that can't be found in the countryside. Besides, a city can give young people great opportunities to continue their education. And that is very important for me because I’m going to study at a university.