Part 1: Picture description
Part 1: Picture description
Describe these pictures in as much detail as you can
Words which may help you:
- Night time – at night – (in the) dark
- Emergency slide(s) – emergency vehicle(s) – fire engine / fire truck – headlights – floodlight
- Nose gear – grass – fence
Image: Tom Jacobson, Wikimedia, creative commons
Questions to think about:
- Describe the aircraft
- What do you think has happened?
- What condition does the aircraft appear to be in?
- What can you see on the right hand side of the photograph?
- Describe the vehicle to the right of the aircraft’s tail
- What people can you see?
- What can you see in the foreground?
- Where was the photograph taken?
Words which may help you:
- Runway excursion – damage – badly damaged – broken
- Vehicles – crane – lift(ing)
- high visibility jacket – cones – military – uniform
- Wet – overcast – puddles
Questions to think about:
- Describe the aircraft
- What position is it in?
- What do you think has happened?
- What is the weather like?
- Describe the people slightly to the right of the aircraft
- Who do you think they are?
- Describe the people on the far right of the photograph
- Who do you think they are?
- What is the vehicle to the right of the aircraft?
- Describe it
- What is it doing?
Words which may help you:
- Emergency slides – (to) ditch – (to) float – blurry / blurred
Image: Greg L, Wikimedia, creative commons
Questions to think about:
- This is a photograph of a famous incident. Explain what happened (or, if you don’t know, what you think has happened)
- Describe the aircraft
- What condition does it appear to be in?
- What is the weather like?
- What people can you see?
- Where are they?
- What are they doing?
- What do you notice about the quality of the image? Why do you think this is the case?