GRAMMAR 2

HELLO MY FRIENDS!!!

IT IS SUCH A PLEASURE FOR ME TO BE WITH YOU THIS MONTH AND TO BE PART OF YOUR ENGLISH LEARNING PROCESS, TOO.

I AM GLAD TO SEE HOW YOUR ENGLISH HAS IMPROVED SO FAR

BUT I ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP PRACTICING EVERY DAY AND AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.

 

NOW LET ME SHOW YOU A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE USE OF MAY AND MIGHT

PLEASE READ IT AND DO THE EXERCISES PRESENTED AT THE END

Note:  I NEED THE EXERCISES ON A SHEET OF PAPER AND ALL HAND WRITTEN.

 

 

Modal : may/might

‘May’ is a modal auxiliary.

 * It does not take an  ‘s’ in the present tense. 

 * The past tense or conditional is ‘might’. 

 

* You use it like an auxiliary in the interrogative and negative forms:

   May I go out?  yes, you may  or  no, you may not.

 

* It has no infinitive form.

 * It has no participle either.

 

 

 ‘May’ is used to express :

 

-Permission:

May I go out Mom?   yes, you may  or  no, you may not.

You may eat some cake Jim.

 

-Possibility or Probability:

He may come late.

He may be on holidays.

 

-Wish

May this year bring you happiness and health !

May God bless you!

 

“Might” can be used to express:

 -Suggestion or reproach

He doesn’t know what to do; he might ask Wendy.

You might have done the washing-up !

  

May/ might are sometimes used with a past participle :

He might have been killed !

He may have phoned while I was having a shower.

MAY/MIGHT- EXERCISES

Choose the correct answer.
1 – I was just wondering if you ____ be able to help me.
may might
2 – ____ God have mercy on your soul.
May Might
3 – You ____  be right.
may might
4 – I told them I ____ go if I felt like it, but I wasn’t sure.
may might
5 – Students ____ only borrow four books at a time.
may might
6 – The examiner says we ____ leave when we’ve finished.
may might
7 – It ____ be very expensive, but it’s much better than the others.
may might
8 – I just ____ accept your offer.
may might
9 – You ____ try asking her for help- she knows her stuff.
may might
10 – You ____ have told me earlier!
may might