Academic English Skills with Dr. Byrnes

Unit 7: Write About the Photo After completing the Interactive Reading and Interactive Listening sections, it is time to describe photographs. This part of the test is divided into two separate sections : Write About the Photo and Speak About the Photo . In this unit, we will focus on Write About the Photo . On test day, you will answer three Write About the Photo questions , which appear one after another immediately after the Interactive Listening section. For each question, you have 60 seconds to write your response. There is no preparation time —the timer begins the moment the picture appears. The Speaking version is similar because it also asks you to describe a photograph, but the format is different. In Speak About the Photo , you complete one task , receive preparation time, and then speak for 90 seconds . Although the timing differs, the fundamental skill is the same: accurately describing what you see. Let's review how the Write About the Photo task works. For each q...