Writing prompt: It is now 7 PM. Based on the information provided by Linda below and referring to the picture, write a short essay. Use the present continuous tense to describe what Linda's family is doing.
Writing hints:
grandfather: read a newspaper
grandmother: tell stories to her little sister
brother: play computer games
father: not at home
mother: cook dinner
Linda: help mother do the housework

Student essay:
In the evening seven o'clock, my grandfather was read a newspaper in his armchair. My grandmother was told stories to her sister. My brother was played computer games. My mother was cooked dinner, and I was helped my mother to do the housework.

Corrected essay:
At seven o'clock in the evening, my grandfather was reading a newspaper in his armchair. My grandmother was telling stories to my sister. My brother was playing computer games. My mother was cooking dinner, and I was helping my mother to do the housework.

Error analysis:
error_sentence: In the evening seven o'clock, my grandfather was read a newspaper in his armchair.
correct_sentence: At seven o'clock in the evening, my grandfather was reading a newspaper in his armchair.
error: In
correction: At seven o'clock in
error_type: Word Order Error
error_severity: 3
error_description: ① Preposition Error: According to English usage, the preposition 〈At〉 should precede specific time points, which cannot stand alone; ② Word Order Error: According to English grammar rules, the time phrase 『seven o'clock』 should precede the prepositional phrase 『in the evening』. The complete correction to 『At seven o'clock in the evening』 conforms to English time expression norms.
error_sentence: In the evening seven o'clock, my grandfather was read a newspaper in his armchair.
correct_sentence: At seven o'clock in the evening, my grandfather was reading a newspaper in his armchair.
error: seven o'clock
error_type: Word Order Error
error_severity: 3
error_description: Word Order Error: The position of the time expression 〈seven o'clock〉 is incorrect; it should be moved after the preposition 〈At〉 to form the complete time adverbial 『At seven o'clock in the evening』, meaning 'seven o'clock in the evening'.
error_sentence: In the evening seven o'clock, my grandfather was read a newspaper in his armchair.
correct_sentence: At seven o'clock in the evening, my grandfather was reading a newspaper in his armchair.
error: read
correction: reading
error_type: Nonfinite Verb Form Error
error_severity: 3
error_description: Nonfinite Verb Form Error: According to English grammar rules, the past continuous structure is 'was + present participle'; change 〈read〉 to 『reading』 to correctly reflect the action 〈grandfather〉 was performing.
error_sentence: My grandmother was told stories to her sister.
correct_sentence: My grandmother was telling stories to my sister.
error: told
correction: telling
error_type: Nonfinite Verb Form Error
error_severity: 3
error_description: Nonfinite Verb Form Error: According to English grammar rules, the past continuous structure is 'was + present participle'; change 〈told〉 to 『telling』 to correctly reflect the action 〈grandmother〉 was performing.
error_sentence: My grandmother was told stories to her sister.
correct_sentence: My grandmother was telling stories to my sister.
error: her
correction: my
error_type: Pronoun Error
error_severity: 2
error_description: Pronoun Error: Based on the context's perspective (Linda as the narrator), the first-person possessive 『my』 should modify 〈sister〉, not the third-person 〈her〉, indicating 'grandmother was telling stories to my sister'.
error_sentence: My brother was played computer games.
correct_sentence: My brother was playing computer games.
error: played
correction: playing
error_type: Nonfinite Verb Form Error
error_severity: 3
error_description: Nonfinite Verb Form Error: According to English grammar rules, the past continuous structure is 'was + present participle'; change 〈played〉 to 『playing』 to correctly reflect the action 〈My brother〉 was performing.
error_sentence: My mother was cooked dinner, and I was helped my mother to do the housework.
correct_sentence: My mother was cooking dinner, and I was helping my mother to do the housework.
error: cooked
correction: cooking
error_type: Nonfinite Verb Form Error
error_severity: 3
error_description: Nonfinite Verb Form Error: According to English grammar rules, the past continuous structure is 'was + present participle'; change 〈cooked〉 to 『cooking』 to correctly reflect the action 〈My mother〉 was performing.
error_sentence: My mother was cooked dinner, and I was helped my mother to do the housework.
correct_sentence: My mother was cooking dinner, and I was helping my mother to do the housework.
error: helped
correction: helping
error_type: Nonfinite Verb Form Error
error_severity: 3
error_description: Nonfinite Verb Form Error: According to English grammar rules, the past continuous structure is 'was + present participle'; change 〈helped〉 to 『helping』 to correctly reflect the ongoing action in the past.