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Looking at portraits
Looking at portraits
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1 How many of these things can you see in picture 1?
Count and write the numbers.
people birds plates children
2 Look at the pictures. Match the two parts of the sentence.
1 Picture 1 a is standing up.
2 The man in picture 1 b are eating.
3 A boy in picture 2 c is wearing a party hat.
4 The children in picture 1 d are beautiful.
5 The clothes in picture 1 e is realistic.
3 Read the text and write 1 or 2 next to each paragraph.
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a This picture is by a Polish artist called d This picture is more than 400 years old!
Tadeusz Makowski. It is less than 100 It s a realistic painting by an English artist
years old. It is an abstract painting. called William Brooke.
b I can see lots of people in the picture: one e The children are eating. I think the
man, two women, three girls and three people are rich because their clothes are
boys. I think the children are brothers beautiful. Everyone is very serious  they
and sisters. The man and one woman aren t smiling. On the table I can see
are standing up. One woman and all the some fruit, some plates and a bird. I like
children are sitting down. this picture because it s got lots of people
in it.
c This picture is called  The Family . There
are four people in this picture. There f The people are not very realistic.
are two children sitting down. I think They are drawn with simple shapes. I
they re brother and sister. Two people are like this picture because the shapes are
standing up. I think they re mum and interesting. A boy is wearing a party hat. I
dad. think it s his birthday.
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