• a list of vocabulary items corresponding to elements in the picture
• some suggested lesson topics and grammar points for which the picture might be useful. (These categories are summarized at the bottom of the page.)

There are also suggestions for ways to use certain pairs or groups of pictures.

Due to the number of pictures in this section, the VPA index for Israel is divided into two parts.

• Part 1
• Part 2 (this page)

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Photo (Thumbnail)	Vocabulary Items	Topics	Grammar Points
	living room, sofa, pillows, pictures, table	housing -interior furnishings	how many? -pictures,pillow locative/spatial relations;
	street, sidewalk, to park, motorcycles (2), to lock, blue, red, traffic lights, cars, street sign	urban/rural -urban colorsblue, red, green transportation -motorcycle	cardinal numbers -plural (2)
	bus, to drive, bus driver, red	transportation -bus	cardinal numbers -plural near/far; motion verbs;
	university, building, to study, windows, tree, sign	school-university everyday life-going to the u urban/rural-urban (Haifa)	how many?windows
	advertisement, mayonnaise, sign, street, to eat	food -mayonnaise
	buildings, street, city, cars, traffic lights, sky, windows	housing -apartments;	locative/spatial relationships; near/far; high/short;
	parking, prices, sign-Hebrew, yellow, car	numbers -prices	comparatives -more/less
	school, to study, flag, blue, white, entrance, trees	everyday life -going to school urban/rural -rural (Kadima)	event/procces -going to school
	shop, street, sign-Hebrew, plants, flowers, green	shopping -flowers colors;	conditional;
	bakery, sign, cookies, red, shalves, to sell, to display
	cafe, table, chairs, to drink, to eat, drinks, cakes, man, sign-Hebrew	pastimes -going out colors -red, blue, yellow, brown	locative/spatial relations -to the right, behind, next to, in front of
	cakes, cream, to display, to eat, bakery, refrigerator, shelves	how many?-cakes food-cakes	comparativescheaper, expensive, higher, lower locative/spatial relations; numbers -plural/singular forms
	cloth store, saleswoman, prices, shelves, shirts, to show	numbers- -prices colors -red, green, orange occupations: -saleswoman	locative/spatial relations; numbers -plural/singular forms
	apparel store, saleswoman, prices, sign-Hebrew/English, shirts, counter, window	shopping -clothes money -prices	comparatives -cheaper, more expensive event/process -going-shopping
	to display, shirt, pants, skirt, numbers, dress, red, white	colors -red, white clothing -shirts, pants, dress, skirt store interior;	locative/spatial relations -to the right, between, to the left
	wedding dress, white, bride, sign-Hebrew	how many? -wedding dresses shopping -wedding dresses
	children, donkey, to ride, hat, grass	how many? -children animals -donkey	comparatives -younger/older
	women, bus stop, stroller, baby, to talk, to wait	everyday life -waiting-bus clothing -hat, handkerchief, skirt culture -religious people	tense/aspect-progressive
	street, black suit, hat, bus station, sign-Hebrew, motorcycle	culture-religious people
	roadsign, religious freedom, blue, white, sign-Hebrew	shapes -square colors -blue, white
	restaurant, menu, table, pizza, ravioli, sign-Hebrew	foodpizza, salmon, ravioli, tomato, eggplant pastimes -going to eat	comparatives -more, less
	playground, to slide, children (2), hat	pastimes-playing	comparatives -older, younger
	kiosk, drinks, pizza, refrigerator,pictures, cash machine	occupation -salesman colors -red, blue, pink, green
	loto booth, to sell, blue, orange, red, man, trash can	colors -blue, red, orange; shapes -rectanegle, square;
	pharmacy, shelves, counter, pharmacist, people (3), medications	shopping -seller-buyer dialogue	locative/spatial relations -behind, in front of
	flowers, picture, sign-Hebrew, prime minister, memorial	politics-prime minister
	room, bedroom, make-up table, chair, mirror, telephone, lipstick, perfumes	house -bedroom	reflexive -to comb, to put on make up
	room, vase, candles, picture, vcr, cabinet	colors -brown, red, white; housing -interior furnishings	locative/spatial relations;
	bed, picture, shelves, pillows (2), telephone, audio, lamp	housing -interior furnishing	conditional -what would you do if... comparatives -bigger, smaller
	children (2), room, boombox, cassette, shelf	how many? -children body parts-hair, hands, legs, eyes	comparatives -younger/older positions -sitting vs. standing
	street, buildings, arrows, cars, traffic lights	urban/rural-urban	locative/spatia:-near/far

Grouping Suggestions

• Similarities and differences
• Similarities and differences: Housing
• Similarities and differences: Transportation: street car vs. bus
• Pastimes: sitting in a cafe, going shopping, family gathering
• Transportation: bus, bus station
• Going to the shop: going to the bakery, grocery store, market, buying cloth, flower, mediciences
• Public areas: going to the bank, postoffice, school, synagogue, gas station, university;
• Interior housing: living room, kitchen, bed room

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