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.