A universal dialogue (discribing the picture and asking about the person who is near you).
Hello!
The whole picture is: it's a dialogue for my daughter (she has been studying English just for 4 months).
I'd like to compose a kind of "universal" dialogue that can cover two cases at the same time:
1. There is a picture portraying 2 adults (a lady and a gent) and two dogs. And kids, say, Mark and Jim, a talking about those.
2. There is a room with 2 kids (Mark and Jim), 2 adults (a lady and a gent) and two dogs.
The dialogue should be:

Mark (pointing to the adults): Who are they?
Jim: They are my grandma and grandpa.
Mark (pointing to the dogs):What are they?
Jim:They are their dogs.

Could you please confirm that everything is OK with the dialogue?
Thanks!

Question

A universal dialogue (discribing the picture and asking about the person who is near you).
Hello! 
The whole picture is: it's a dialogue for my daughter (she has been studying English just for 4 months).
I'd like to compose a kind of "universal" dialogue that can cover two cases at the same time:
1. There is a picture portraying 2 adults (a lady and a gent) and two dogs. And kids, say, Mark and Jim, a talking about those.
2. There is a room with 2 kids (Mark and Jim), 2 adults (a lady and a gent) and two dogs.
The dialogue should be:

Mark (pointing to the adults): Who are they?
Jim: They are my grandma and grandpa.
Mark (pointing to the dogs):What are they?
Jim:They are their dogs.

Could you please confirm that everything is OK with the dialogue? 
Thanks!

Answer

Yes, it seems quite all right. 
It would be a little more natural if you said "Those are their dogs" to go with "What". 
If you wanted to say "Who are they" you could then say "They are their dogs".

Answer

Hello!
According to my knowledge, it's all right.

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