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This lesson explains how to answer the part. It is not a timed practice set. Describe what is happening in an image as completely as you can, in spatial order.
Where and when this appears to be, a market, a rink, a lobby, in one line.
The nearest people and actions. Verbs first: holding, paying, reaching.
The main activity of the picture: queues, stalls, players, traffic.
What sits at the back, then one overall impression. Don't restart from the left.
Prompt
Describe the scene in as much detail as you can. The image shows a Saturday farmers' market on a closed downtown street: a woman buying carrots in the foreground, tented stalls and a violinist in the middle, apartment balconies and a waiting bus in the background.
Model
This looks like a Saturday morning at an outdoor farmers' market on a closed-off downtown street. In the foreground, a woman in a denim jacket is holding carrots while a vendor in an apron weighs them. A small child beside her is reaching for a sample cup of berries. In the middle of the frame, two rows of white tents run down the street. People are queued at a bakery stall; a man is paying with a card while another customer folds a loaf into a cloth bag. A musician with a violin is playing near a planter. In the background, apartment balconies overlook the market, and a city bus is stopped at the far intersection. The overall impression is busy but unhurried.
Why it works
Repeating 'there is' or 'there are' on every sentence.
Jumping around the image with no spatial order.
Naming objects without saying what people are doing.