Post Card Speaking Activity

Post Card Speaking Activity 

In pairs, look at a post card from the collection.

 

One partner must speak for a 90 seconds, describing what they can see in the post 

card. The other partner should not speak during this first step.

 

Then the second partner speaks for a further 60 seconds (1 min).

Here are suggested commentaries:

• “In this picture, I can see …” “There are many birds in the trees ...”
• “The people in the picture are dressed in ...”
• “In the foreground there is (are) ...” “In the background, I can see ...”
• “Underneath the trees, we can see ...”
• “There is snow on the mountain tops.”

• narrow and wide /tall buildings
• cobbled streets (adoquines)
• taxi rank (parada de taxis)
• wharf, pier, harbor (muelle)

• town hall, city hall = ayuntamiento
• fountain (fuente)
• tram tracks
• arches (arcos)
• statue (estatua)
• street lamps (faroles)
• roundabout (rotonda)
• clay pot (vasija de barro)
• carriage = carruaje
• ravine = barranco
• river = rio
• it dates back to = data a
• married couple = matrimonio
• roof = tejado
• cave = cueva
• tattered flag = bandera en harapos
• nostalgic = nostálgico/a
• oven = horno
• fishing boat = barquilla
• peasants = campesinos

• on top of her head (encima de su cabeza)
• big waves on the ocean (crash)
• the cross on the church steeple (campanario a dos aguas)
• terraced (row house) = casa terrera
• quaint, typical houses of the period = casa típica de la época
• sea weed = algas 
   
• sidewalks on both sides of the street= aceras a los 2 lados de la calle
• ornate, wooden balconies