Why can’t they answer the phone?

  

 

 

 

The cousin 

The grandparents 

The elder son

 

The twins 

 
 

The aunt 

The mother

The father

The younger 

son 

The uncle

ACTIVITIES 

 

rake the leaves 

change an electric bulb 

repair the roof 

play American football 

play in a pile of leaves 

play the guitar 

fix the broken TV set 

do some plumbing 
go trick-or-treating 

 

PARTS OF THE 

HOUSE 

 

the garden / outside 

the living-room 

their bedroom 

the guest room 

the kitchen 

 

 

INSTRUCTIONS 

 

Associate each character with an 

activity and a part of the house. 

Then write the sentences using the 

present continuous. 

 

Ex: The twins can’t answer the 

phone because they 

are

 

play

ing

 

the 

guitar in their bedroom.