World Cup Tenses: Grammar Walkthrough

Section role: supports the 'Mapping the Timeline' section while the teacher builds the collective mind map and clarifies grammatical structures. Slides: (1) Title — 'Mapping the Tenses for the 2026 World Cup'; (2) Present Simple — bullets: routine actions, third-person -s endings, signal words like 'usually'; (3) Present Continuous — bullets: live actions in progress, 'am/is/are + -ing' rule, signal words like 'currently'; (4) Simple Past — bullets: completed actions, regular -ed vs. irregular verbs like 'won' and 'went', signal words like 'yesterday'; (5) Fixing the Glitch — review of common errors found in the previous challenge activity; (6) Closing slide: 'Which tense do you need for a memory versus your daily routine?' — sets up the journalist writing task that follows. This material is part of a English foreign-language class for students in Argentina learning English. Regardless of the material's language, the key terms and examples being taught must be written in English, not in the students' native language.