10.3.1 Test your writing skills

Look at this photograph of a building in the city of La Serena. Describe what you see, using the prompts below.

Observe y describa.

  • (a)  ¿Qué hay en la calle?

  • (b)  ¿Cómo es el edificio?

  • (a)  Hay un edificio antiguo. Hay gente delante del edificio. Hay un coche.

  • (b)  El edificio es grande y antiguo, de estilo colonial.

Revision Try doing the same exercise, but this time brainstorm the words you want to use by referring to the table in the section ‘En pocas palabras: Vocabulary strategies’.Then answer the questions. Were your answers fuller and more accurate?