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Every Picture Tells a Story

Put the prepositions in
Numbers 1-11 and then
answer the questions A-M

IN, ON,
UNDER
BESIDE,
BEHIND
BETWEEN
IN FRONT OF
ABOVE,
AROUND
OPPOSITE
IN THE MIDDLE
IN THE CORNER

1) The old lady is _____ the living room. She is sitting ____ her chair.
2) Her book is _____ the table. It is ____________ the old lady.
3) There is a black cat _____ the table and it has got its tail _____ the
table leg.
4) There are three rugs _____ the floor. The one with a basket _____ it
is______ the two rugs which have chairs _____ them.
5) The green vase is _____________ of the table. There are seven poppies
_____ it.
6) There is a black cat _____ the shelf.
7) The shelf is ______the picture.
8) The vase is ______ the brown mug and the blue and white mug.
9) The clock is ______ the wall. It is ________ the old lady.
10) The broom is __________________

11) There is an empty chair ____________ the old lady
H) Do you think she is married? Give reasons.
A) What is the old lady doing and where is
I) Do you think there is any symbolism in the
she sitting?
picture? List the objects and their significance.
B) What time is it?
J) Do you think the picture is modern? Explain.
C) Is she rich?
K) What would you say is the mood of the
D) What colour are the rugs?
picture?
E) How many windows are there?
L) Give this picture a title and justify your
Key
F) How many cats are there?
choice.
G) What
the matter
with
the the
vase?
1)is The
old lady
is IN
living room. M)
She
is sitting ON her chair.
Do you like it? Why or why not?

2) Her book is ON the table. It is IN FRONT OF the old lady.

3) There is a black cat UNDER the table and it has got its tail AROUND the

table leg.
4) There are three rugs ON the floor. The one with a basket ON it is
BETWEEN the two rugs which have chairs ON them.
5) The green vase is IN THE MIDDLE OF of the table. There are seven
poppies IN it.
6) There is a black cat ON the shelf.
7) The shelf is ABOVE the picture.
8) The vase is BETWEEN the brown mug and the blue and white mug.
9) The clock is ON the wall. It is BEHIND the old lady.
10) The broom is IN THE CORNER
11) There is an empty chair OPPOSITE the old lady.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
F)
G)
H)
I)

She is reading a book and she is sitting at the table.
It’s 4:05, (five past four in the afternoon).
I think she is poor because …..
The rugs are multi-coloured.

There is one window.
There are two cats.
The vase is broken.
No. I think maybe she is a widow./Or maybe her husband is at work.
Yes. The vase is broken – maybe this shows that something is wrong in her life. Maybe she
has recently lost something – her husband? Her children might have left home. There are
two black cats – traditionally the companions of witches. Poppies – maybe her sons have
gone to fight in a war. The fact that she is reading – and, is she holding her hand to her head?
- shows that she is a Stoic and whatever befalls her, she will carry on. The old-fashioned
broom in the corner signifies her tidiness.
J) Maybe from last century. Not too old, she has glasses… and there is a clock up on the wall.
K) Strange! Very bright walls and light coming in, but there is a sadness about it…. The solitude
of the old lady…
L) I don’t know the real title– this is an example of Naïve Art. I took the picture from the
Youtube link provided.
M) I like it because….. I don’t really like it because….
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