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TOEIC Part 1 - Photographic Description
Types of TOEIC questions Part 1 Photographic description involves correctly describing the behavior of a person or the condition of an object or setting in a photograph.
People's actions are often in progressive tense because they describe temporary situations, while objects or settings are described by state verbs and cannot be in progressive tense.
This is a relatively easy part, but you should pay attention to words with similar pronunciations. You will see the following four forms of pictures
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A photo that shows a single person is correct if it accurately depicts that person's behavior, condition, and posture. Incorrect descriptions or depictions of backgrounds or objects that are not relevant to the photo are incorrect.
(A) He's putting on his glasses.
(B) He's looking into a microscope.
(C) He's closing a cabinet.
(D) He's washing some bottles.
An answer is correct if it accurately depicts the behavior, condition, or posture of all or some people. Descriptions of some people as if they were all people are incorrect, as are descriptions of backgrounds or objects that are not relevant to the photo, such as a photo of a single person.
(A) A vendor is rearranging a collection of glasses.
(B) A merchant is setting up a row of tables.
(C) Some people are purchasing umbrellas in a market.
(D) Customers are examining some merchandise on display.
A photograph of a mixture of people and objects, described in the passive voice is/are Ving when the person is the subject and in the passive voice is/are Ven when the object is the subject. The action, state, or posture of the person must be correctly described, or the state of the object must be correctly described, to be correct. Incorrect descriptions or descriptions of backgrounds or objects that are not relevant to the photo are incorrect.
(A) Researchers have entered a library.
(B) Laboratory coats are hanging in a cabinet.
(C) Scientific equipment has been set on a counter.
(D) Technicians are gathered around a screen.
Photographs that depict objects or landscapes with no people in them, with has/have been Ven when the object is the subject and There is/are when referring to its existence. Incorrectly describing the state of a thing, or describing a background or object that is not relevant to the photo, will result in an incorrect answer. The form is/are being Ven is also incorrect because the state of a thing can't be in the present tense.
(A) A meeting room is full of employees.
(B) Some flowers have been left on the table.
(C) Some chairs have been folded up.
(D) A large plant is in the corner of the room.
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TOEIC Actual Test - Part 1 Photographic Description