Mdulo: I Unidad: I Semana: 1

INGLS VIII

Dr. Mercy Noelia Pliza Champi

MODALS
 GUIDELINES

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 TEMATIC CONTENTS
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
 EXPECTED LEARNING

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VOCABULARY
 Modals of Future Possibility

Affirmative Statements Negative Statements

I might leave tomorrow. I might not leave tomorrow.

You may leave tomorrow. You may not leave tomorrow.
He could leave tomorrow.
They will leave tomorrow. He wont leave tomorrow.

(Couldnt is not usually used to express future possibility.)

Yes/No Questions in the Future Form

Are you going to leave next weekend? I may./I may not.

Will you leave next weekend? I might./I might not.
Are you leaving next weekend? I could./I may not./I might not.
 may

I may choose to wear the red dress to the party.

=I have two dresses. There is a chance that I will
choose to wear the red dress and not the blue one.

Today, he may come on time.

=Although usually he comes late,
There is a possibility that today he will come on
time.
 may

May I come to visit you at 5 oclock?

=I want to come to you but Im not sure that you
want me to come/that you will be at home/that you
will let me enter .

You may take only one candy.

=Although there are more candies, I permit you to
take only one of them!
 might
We may come on time, but if you miss the bus, we
might be late.
=I plan to come on time and this is why I I want to
catch the 7:15 bus.
If I catch the 7:30 bus, I can come on time or not, Im
not sure.

If you advertise on the Internet you might get a lot of

spam to your e-mail box.
=Although you dont want to get spam, theres a risk
that you will get it.
 Modals of Future Possibility: Meaning and Use
Expressing Future Possibility with Could, Might, and May

Could, might (not), and may (not) express possibility about the future.
Could and might sometimes express more uncertainty than may.
Examples:
I could get an A or a B in the course. It depends on my final paper.
I may take history next semester. It seems like a good idea.

You can talk about future possibility and future ability together with
might/may (not) + be able to. You cannot use might/may (not) + can.
Examples:
Its already April, but I might be able to go skiing one more time.
If I learn to speak Portuguese, I may be able to get a job in Brazil.
Wrong: If I learn to speak Portuguese, I may can get a job in Brazil.
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