Kỹ thuật tiếng Anh, từ vựng và ngữ pháp nhằm mục đích để giúp bạn nâng cao kiến thức kỹ thuật tiếng Anh và phát triển vốn từ vựng và ngữ pháp của bạn. Bằng cách làm việc thông qua các tài liệu, bạn nên trở thành chính xác hơn | Verbs STAGE 3 6 I want you to phone me later. 7 I want to have the bill. 8 I want you to meet the children from school. 9 I want you to help me with my suitcase. 10 I want to borrow this book. 73 may might I may start looking for a new job. We might go away this weekend. May I use your phone Notes The negative of may is may not. We do not say mayn t. The negative of might is usually might not. Mightn t is possible but is not used very often USE To talk about possibility in the future They may leave soon. They might leave soon. It is possible that they will leave soon but I m not sure. To talk about possibility in the present when used with verbs that are not activities He may be at the office. He might be at the office. It is possible that he is at the office now but I m not sure. 122 Verbs STAGE 3 To make polite requests May I sit here May we come in We do not generally use might to make polite requests NOT Might Ỉ sit- here Notes We can use May I. or May ive . for polite requests but we do not use may when we ask someone to do something NOT May-y u open the door please We do not generally use may or might in the question form. We only use the question form in polite requests with May I. or May ive . . We sometimes ask the question with Do you think Do you think they might be here soon NOT Might they be here soon Practice 73 In your notebook rewrite these sentences using may and might 1 It s possible that she s in bed now. She may be in bed now. She might be in bed now. 2 I m sorry but I think I ll be late. I m sorry but I may be late. I m sorry but I might be late. 3 We are thinking of going to Australia for our holiday. 4 It is possible that we won t come to the party. 5 They are thinking of moving to Scotland next year. 6 I think you re probably right. 7 Is it possible for me to smoke in here 8 I think he ll feel better tomorrow. 9 Is it possible for US to sit here 10 I don t think the Government will win this time. 11 The factory will possibly close this year.
