TOEIC Speaking · Q3–4 · Describe a picture

A train platform

Level B12 min

Show format & tips

Format

  • 45 seconds to prepare, 30 seconds to speak

Tips

  • Start with the setting, then the main people, then the details around them.
  • Use the present continuous for actions: "A woman is pointing at a screen."
  • Place words help: in the foreground, on the left, in the background.

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ExaminerDescribe the picture in as much detail as you can.

A train station platform in daylight. In the foreground on the left, a woman with curly black hair in a ponytail, gold hoop earrings and a mustard-yellow cardigan over a white top looks down at the phone in her hands with a worried expression. Behind her on the right, a young man with short dark hair, wearing a light grey suit and a green tie, stands calmly with one hand on the handle of each of two wheeled suitcases, looking towards her; a green and white train waits beside the platform, and a blank sign hangs on the wall on the left.