Photo Description Guide and Essential Vocabulary
This detailed guide provides essential vocabulary and structures for gcse edexcel spanish higher speaking vocabulary tasks and photo descriptions.
Vocabulary: Key location descriptors include "En primer plano" (foreground), "Al fondo" (background), "A la izquierda" (left), "A la derecha" (right)
Example: To describe a scene: "En la foto se puede ver un grupo de personas que están sentadas en un parque" (In the photo you can see a group of people sitting in a park)
Definition: "Puesto que" and "dado que" both mean "since/given that" and are useful for providing explanations in photo descriptions
Highlight: The guide includes three essential tense structures - present continuous (están + gerund), past tense (preterite), and future expressions (voy a + infinitive)
Quote: "Lo bueno es que..." (The good thing is that...) and "Lo malo es que..." (The bad thing is that...) are crucial phrases for expressing opinions about photos
The guide systematically presents vocabulary for:
- Opening phrases and scene-setting
- Weather descriptions
- People and object descriptions
- Actions and activities
- Opinion expressions
- Temporal references
This comprehensive resource supports preparation for edexcel gcse spanish speaking assessments and helps students develop confident photo description skills.
