The Photo I Did Not Take
B1 reading: I used to photograph every interesting moment when I travelled. Includes vocabulary, six comprehension questions, discussion prompts and full-sentence answers.
What’s in the worksheet?
- 4 vocabulary explanations
- Six comprehension questions and two discussion prompts
- Separate full-sentence answer key and teaching notes
Read how respecting a stranger's refusal to be photographed leads to a different kind of travel memory. The narrator still takes photographs afterwards, but thinks more carefully about permission.
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A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Use the three-page story and check record, stall, capture and permission. Keep the answer key separate; the partner prompts can be answered with invented situations.
- Read for the narrator's original reason for taking photos and the grandmother's reason for refusing. Avoid interpreting the story as a ban on photography.
- Answer the six questions, tracing the paper bird, the folding activity and the packet of paper bought afterwards.
- Check answers for the same meaning as the key. Discuss when permission matters and how an object can preserve a memory without a photograph.
Support and extension
Support with a short event sequence. Extend by comparing two possible responses to a refusal; do not require learners to disclose personal photographs or travel experiences.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
