Writing prompt: Using the given vocabulary and sentence patterns, and referring to the picture, write a short essay. It is currently 7 PM. Based on the information provided by Linda below, use the present continuous tense to describe what Linda and her family are doing. Writing hints: Linda: help mother do housework; grandparents: watch TV; brother: play computer games; mother: cook; sister: listen to the radio.

Student essay:
Linda is my good friend. Now it is 7 p.m.. Linda is helping her mother do housework, and her mother is cooking now. What is Linda' s brother doing? Her brother is playing computer games. Linda' s sister is listening to the radio. Are Linda' s grandparents listening to the radio, too? No they are watching TV now.

Corrected essay:
Linda is my good friend. Now it is 7 p.m. Linda is helping her mother do housework, and her mother is cooking now. What is Linda's brother doing? Her brother is playing computer games. Linda's sister is listening to the radio. Are Linda's grandparents listening to the radio, too? No, they are watching TV now.