Modal Verbs MAY and MIGHT – LECCION 38 Curso de ingles PREINTERMEDIO

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June 15, 2012Curso Pre-Intermediate, Grammar

Aprender Ingles en INTERNET- LECCION 38 GRAMMAR curso PRE INTERMEDIO – MODAL VERBS MAY / MIGHT

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In this post we are going to talk about the past continuous. We will look at the syntax and the use of this tense. We are also going to compare it to the past simple and see the differences.

En este post hablaremos de MAY y MIGHT. Recuerden que esta lección es con audio y la clase escrita esta a continuación

MODAL VERB MIGHT – MAY

 

Structure

Positive form

Subject + might/may+ infinitive + Complement

Examples:

– Juan might travel to Canada next March.
– They may visit you if they have time.
– The teacher might cancel classes today.

Negative form

Subject + might/may not + infinitive + Complement

Examples:

– Brian might not go out tonight because he is feeling a bit sick.
– I may not travel. There is bad weather.
– They might not stay. It is too cold

NOTE:

May and Might for possibility is not used in questions. We can use MAY in questions but it is used to ask PERMISSION

May I go to the bathroom? – Asking permission.

*** May and Might es poco utilizado en preguntas para posibilidad. Existe la pregunta con MAY pero es para pedir PERMISO. Es decir, es para otra función comunicativa.  En el audio de la parte superior se explica mejor este punto.

 

USE

We use MIGHT and MAY to talk about possibility in the present or future. It is used when you ARE NOT SURE about something in the future or to express UNCERTAINTY

Examples

a) What are you going to do at christmas?
b) I might/may go to visit my parents.

a) Will you ever get married?
b) I might/may get married this November.

Remember: When you are NOT SURE about something in the present or in the future USE MIGHT or MAY.

¿Recuerdan que para tomar decisiones instantaneas y para hacer predicciones utilizamos WILL? Tambíen vimos que GOING TO es para planes. No confundan WILL con GOING TO y con MIGHT

COMPAREN  lo que ya hemos aprendido:

a) I am going to my parents house —– GOING TO es para planes.(LECCION 17 )
b) I will buy some beers —– es una decision que se toma en el momento con respecto al futuro (LECCION 36)
c) I might go to the party —— no estan seguros de ir a la fiesta

Para hacerlo mas simple, cuando no esten seguros de algo o estén indecisos pueden usar MAY o MIGHT. No intenten traducir ya que en español pueden haber diversas formas. Lo importante es no depender del español para hablar inglés.