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TOEIC speaking and writing–Question 3: Describe a picture

Dr Bean (高來圭) Sun 29 Sep 2019 12:52:25 PM CST http://github.com/drbean/curriculum/master/speaking

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Section 1 The fruit stall/stand picture

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Section 2 Thoughts on listening to the homework

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Describe, not create a story

Imagining something about the picture, or putting yourself in the situation in the picture, is dangerous, I think. The instructions say, “In this part of the test, you will describe the picture on your screen in as much detail as you can.” I think a rater might not be happy to hear you be creative and to imagine some interesting thing that is happening, but for which there is no objective evidence.

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Putting yourself in the picture (not recommended)

If you want to put yourself in the picture, you could say: “If I were there, I would ..”

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If you want to be creative (not recommended)

If you want to use your imagination, you could say: Something objective, followed by an inference with a hedge “The woman in the bottom left-hand corner is fat. Perhaps she likes to eat a lot of fruit.”

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Tense

Imagine the picture is real, here, now! Don’t use the past tense. Use the present continuous tense with most verbs, except “have”, “like”, “know”, etc Use simple present with adjectives. You don’t need to add, “in the picture,” to many sentences, but it is OK to do it some times.

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Referring to self

Using “I” talking about a picture is not recommended. The answer most expected by raters will not use “I” If you do use, “I see” (NOT: “I saw”) then you can say, “I can’t see what she is holding.” Otherwise, you have to say, “It’s not clear what she’s holding.”

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Objective description

“There is an X Y-ing Z in the A.” “There is someone doing something in the (bottom left-hand) corner.”

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Summary, main point, structure

A short summary is OK, but not necessary. However, having some structure in mind for your description of the picture is important. Connect everything you say with some point, the main point about the picture.

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Section 3 Planning the opening of a site

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Words

air duct shelf gesture scarf counter

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Section 4 Metonym

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Definition

metonym — Noun:1. (grammar) A word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object; a word used in metonymy., 2. (by extension) A concept, idea, or word used to represent, typify, or stand in for a broader set of ideas. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/metonym

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Fruit, vehicles, things and organizations

An orange, banana and some strange fruit whose name I don’t know are all fruit. A truck, bicycle, scooter, horse, airplane are all vehicles. Well, I don’t know about the horse and airplane. A piece of metal, a bag, a piece of paper, and an orange are all things. The U.N., Japanese Diet, Australian House of Representatives are all political organizations. fruit, vehicles, things and organizations are all METONYMS.

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Metonyms for describing pictures

Metonyms are good to know! A husband, old man, child, corpse are hyponyms of person. Well, actually, a corpse is a dead person, but it isn’t a person. If you can say, “A horse is an animal”, then you know that: ‘horse’ is a hyponym of ‘animal’, and ‘animal’ is a metonym of ‘horse’. If you know the metonym, it doesn’t matter if you don’t know the

• hyponym. That’s why metonyms are useful.

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Section 5 Language

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Grammar

It is amazing that the owner can handle all the customers and respond to their needs or requests at the same time.

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Pronunciation

commodity commodities at wiktionary Where is the stress in the word? What is a metonym for ‘commodity’? What is a hyponym?

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