I See... You See

Students imagine themselves inside a picture and write sentences using "I am...", "I can see...", "I can hear...", "I feel...", then partners add "You..." sentences.

Procedure

1. Hand out a varied assortment of interesting pictures showing landscapes and scenes with people. Allow time for students to choose one they like.
2. Write sentence starters on the board: I am... / I can see... / I can hear... / I feel... / I...
3. Students imagine they are in their chosen picture and write five sentences, one for each starter.
4. In pairs, students swap papers. Each writes three new sentences on their partner's paper beginning with You....
5. Students swap papers back, read, and discuss.

Tips

• Pictures can be photocopies, digital images, or magazine cutouts — any images showing interesting scenes work.
• Can also be done digitally with tools like Canva, photo-captioning apps, or shared noticeboards like Padlet.
• At higher levels, works well as a warm-up or fluency exercise for early finishers.
• Results in incidental vocabulary learning alongside grammar practice.
• Pictures with written texts can be displayed on the classroom wall.