Goal: use the three present tenses, sort noun endings -sion / -ssion / -tion / -cian, make a polite telephone booking, write a 200-word humour / dialogue piece.
📐 Present continuous
- am / is / are + V-ing
- Action NOW or these days
- Triggers: now, right now, at the moment, today, this week, these days.
I am taking costumes.
My brother is studying hard these days.
📐 Present perfect & perfect continuous
- Perfect: have/has + V3 — past action, present result.
- Triggers: just, already, yet, ever, never, so far.
- Perfect continuous: have/has + been + V-ing — still continuing.
- Triggers: since + point, for + length.
I have read that play.
The others have been practising since 8 o'clock.
🔤 Noun endings — sort by sound
- -tion (default) — nation · addition · description · promotion · profession.
- -sion (soft /zhən/) — television · decision · illusion · occasion.
- -ssion (from Latin -ss) — discussion · expression · admission · permission · session.
- -cian (people / jobs) — musician · magician · politician · technician · electrician · mathematician.
📞 Telephone-booking shape
- Greeting: "Sir Sumangala Theatre. May I help you?"
- Request: "I'd like to book ..."
- Name: spell it: "G-a-n-e-s-h-a-n"
- Payment: cash / card
- Collection deadline
- "Thank you. Have a nice day!"
✍️ Writing — fun + dialogue
- Notice (Test 6): 40–50 words.
- Paragraph (Test 8): 50–60 words.
- Telephone / review (Test 14): ~100 words.
- Dialogue / article (Test 16): ~200 words. Six turns minimum, use ALL three present tenses, end with a clear plan or punch line.