DAILY ESL QUIZ #7

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Uses of May and Might

Permission

May is used to express permission. May not is used to deny permission.

• May I come in, sir?
• Yes, you may.
• May I go home now?
• No, you may not.

Notes

Now-a-days to deny permission we often use cannot instead of may not. This usage is probably encouraged by the fact that the contraction can’t is easier to say than the contraction mayn’t.

Possibility

May is also used to express possibility.

• It may rain.
• She may come.
• He may get good marks.

May is also used in expressing a wish.

• May God bless you!
• May his soul rest in peace!

May is used in subordinate clauses that express a purpose.

• Farmers use fertilizers so that they may have a rich harvest.
• We eat that we may live.

Might

Might is the past tense of may in indirect speech.

• He said, ‘I may stand for election.’
• He said that he might stand for election.
• Alice said, ‘I may come.’
• Alice said that she might come.

Might and may

Might shows less possibility than may.

Compare:

• It may rain. (Maybe a 50% possibility)
• It might rain. (Maybe a 30% possibility)

Notes

May and might are followed by an infinitive without to.

• He may come. (NOT He may to come.)
• I might pass. (NOT I might to pass.)

Questions and negatives are made without do.

• May I go? (NOT Do I may go?)

There is no -s in the third person singular.

• She may pass. (NOT She may passes.)

There is a quiz given below , attempt to solve the quiz and check yourself:↓

MAY & MIGHT (FUTURE POSSIBILITY)

Quiz

 

1. My family & I________________trevel Delhi next summer.
   1.   might
   2.   might be
2. John isn't in the class today. I think he __________ sick.
   1.   might be
   2.   might
3. I __________at work tomorrow morning because i have a bad cold.
   1.   may be
   2.   may not be
   3.   
4. we ________ have a grammar exm next week. let's study.
   1.   may
   2.   may be
5. there's no sound coming from the radio. It _________broken.
   1.   might be
   2.   might
6. I_________late today because i may have some extra work to do.
   1.   may not
   2.   may be
7. Many scientists think that there ___________life on other planets.
   1.   may
   2.   may be
8. This bag__________your bag. I can't see your name on it.
   1.   might be
   2.   might not be
9. I don't know what kind of insect this is. It ________ some kind of ant.
   1.   might
   2.   might be
10. I think that you ________wrong. I think the meeting is tomorrow, not today.
    1.   may
    2.   may be
11. It _______rain later today, so I am going to take mu umbrella.
    1.   might not
    2.   might
12. Hurry! let's get the store before it closes. It________open after six.
    1.   might be
    2.   might not be
13. Oh, no! The airplane_________be delayed because of the bad weather.
    1.   may
    2.   may not
14. I m not sure who she is. She _______our new teacher.
    1.   may be
    2.   may not
15. There ________cookies inside this box! Let's open it & find out.
    1.   might be
    2.   might not be
16. No, calling Mr. Smith at two o'clock in the morning___________a good idea.
    1.   might be
    2.   might not be
17. I don't feel well. I _________have to see a doctor.
    1.   might
    2.   might be
18. (A) What is the capital city of Spain?
    (B) I'm not sure but it ________Madrid.
    1.   might be
    2.   might

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