English grammar. May, Maybe

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Betty Schrampfer Azar
Stacy A. Hagen
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Laurette Poulos Simmons
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CONTENTS
11-1
11-2
11-3
11-4
11-5
11-6
May / Might vs. will
Maybe (one word) vs. may be (two words)
Future time clauses with before, after, and when
Clauses with if
Expressing habitual present with time clauses…
Using what + a form of do

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11-1 MAY / MIGHT vs. WILL
It may rain tomorrow.
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11-1 MAY / MIGHT vs. WILL
(a) It may rain tomorrow .
May + verb
possibility in the
future
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11-1 MAY / MIGHT vs. WILL
(a) It may rain tomorrow .
(b) Zoe may be at school now.
May + verb
possibility in the
future
or
present
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11-1 MAY / MIGHT vs. WILL
(a) It may rain tomorrow.
(b) Zoe may be at school now.
(c) It might rain tomorrow.
(d) Zoe might be at school now.
may = might
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11-1 MAY / MIGHT vs. WILL
(a) It may rain tomorrow.
(b) Zoe may be at school now.
(c) It might rain tomorrow.
(d) Zoe might be at school now.
may rain = might rain
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11-1 MAY / MIGHT vs. WILL
(a) It may rain tomorrow.
(b) Zoe may be at school now.
(c) It might rain tomorrow.
(d) Zoe might be at school now.
may be = might be
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11-1 MAY / MIGHT vs. WILL
(e) Mr. Lee will be at work tomorrow.
(f) Theresa may / might be at the party tonight.
will be
may / might be
speaker feels
sure
speaker doesn’t
know
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11-1 MAY / MIGHT vs. WILL
(f) Theresa may be at the party tonight.
(g) Theresa may / might not be at the
party tonight.
may be
NEGATIVE
similar
maymay
not/ be
might + not
meaning
might not be
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11-1 MAY / MIGHT vs. WILL
?
Theresa may will be at the party tonight.
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Theresa might will be at the party tonight.
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11-1 Let’s Practice
I will be 35 years old on Monday.
sure
?
not sure
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11-1 Let’s Practice
Adrianna might be at my party.
sure
?
not sure
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11-1 Let’s Practice
Yung won’t be at the party.
She might go to Hong Kong on Monday.
sure
?
not sure
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11-2 MAYBE (ONE WORD) vs. MAY BE (TWO WORDS)
Maybe he will be in our class.
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11-2 MAYBE (ONE WORD) vs. MAY BE (TWO WORDS)
(a) “Will he be in our class?”
“I don’t know. Maybe. Maybe he will be
in our class, and maybe he won’t.”
S
V
(b) Maybe he will be in our class.
adverb
Maybe = possibility
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11-2 MAYBE (ONE WORD) vs. MAY BE (TWO WORDS)
adverb
S
V
(b) Maybe he will be in our class.
S maybe
V + subject + verb
(c) He (one
may
be in our class.
word)
may be = verb
(two words)
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11-2 MAYBE (ONE WORD) vs. MAY BE (TWO WORDS)
may be
maybe
verb
adverb
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11-2 Let’s Practice
maybe
may be
It may
______
be fun to go rafting.
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11-2 Let’s Practice
maybe
may be
Rafting ______
may be expensive.
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11-2 Let’s Practice
maybe
may be
______
Maybe we have enough money
to go rafting.
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11-2 Let’s Practice
maybe
may be
The weather ______
may be bad tonight.
Maybe we will have bad weather.
______
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11-3 FUTURE TIME CLAUSES WITH BEFORE, AFTER,
AND WHEN
Before Kiara goes home today,
she will do her homework.
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11-3 FUTURE TIME CLAUSES WITH BEFORE, AFTER,
AND WHEN
(a) Before
Before Kiara
Kiaragoes
goeshome
hometoday,
today,
she will do her homework.
SIMPLE PRESENT in
future time clauses
Before Kiara will go home today,
she will do her homework.
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Before Kiara is going to go home
today, she will do her homework.
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11-3 FUTURE TIME CLAUSES WITH BEFORE, AFTER,
AND WHEN
(b) Kiara is going to go home today
after she does her homework.
a future time clause
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11-3 FUTURE TIME CLAUSES WITH BEFORE, AFTER,
AND WHEN
a future time clause
(c) When I turn 21 next year , I’m going
to get married.
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11-3 Let’s Practice
time clause ?
I’m going to go play outside
after I eat another cookie.
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11-3 Let’s Practice
time clause ?
Before I go home , I’m going
to buy a scarf at the store.
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11-3 Let’s Practice
I’m going to be a doctor
after I finish medical school.
time clause ?
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11-4 CLAUSES WITH IF
If you cut the carrots,
I’ll make the soup.
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11-4 CLAUSES WITH IF
(a) If you cut the carrots, I’ll make the soup.
if-clause
main clause
(b) I’ll make the soup if you cut the carrots.
main clause
if-clause
main
if-clause,
clause main
if-clause
clause
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11-4 CLAUSES WITH IF
(c) If I have enough money, I’m going to go on vacation.
if-clause
main clause
(d) If we don’t have class tomorrow, I’ll go skiing.
if-clause
main clause
SIMPLE PRESENT
in if-clauses
future time
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11-4 Let’s Practice
pay
clean
If she ____
pays us, we ________
will clean her
house.
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11-4 Let’s Practice
eat
marry
She ________
will eat great food if
marries that chef.
she _______
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11-4 Let’s Practice
learn
move
If Jacob ______
learns to speak Italian,
is going to move to Italy.
he ______________
will move
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11-5 EXPRESSING HABITUAL PRESENT WITH TIME
CLAUSES AND IF-CLAUSES
After I finish my work,
I play the piano.
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11-5 EXPRESSING HABITUAL PRESENT WITH TIME
CLAUSES AND IF-CLAUSES
(a) FUTURE
After Meg does her homework,
she will play the piano.
simple present - in the time clause
(b) HABITUAL
PRESENT
After Meg does her homework
(every day), she always plays
the piano.
simple present - in both clauses
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11-5 EXPRESSING HABITUAL PRESENT WITH TIME
CLAUSES AND IF-CLAUSES
(c) FUTURE
If it snows tomorrow,
I am going to go skiing.
simple present - in the time clause
(d) HABITUAL
If it snows ,I go skiing.
PRESENT
simple present - in both clauses
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11-5 Let’s Practice
After Jeff goes
____ to the grocery store,
going to cook dinner.
he is ____________
go
cook
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11-5 Let’s Practice
He always goes
____ to the grocery store,
cooks dinner.
before he ______
go
cook
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11-5 Let’s Practice
be
wear
If it __
is sunny, she ______
wears sunglasses.
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11-6 USING WHAT + A FORM OF DO
What does he do every day?
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11-6 USING WHAT + A FORM OF DO
PRESENT
(a) What does he do every day?
He works in a hospital every day.
(b) What is he doing right now?
He is working in a hospital.
a form
What +
of do
about
activities
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11-6 USING WHAT + A FORM OF DO
PRESENT
(c) What does he do?
He is a doctor.
What do you do? = What is your job?
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11-6 USING WHAT + A FORM OF DO
PAST
(d) What did she do yesterday?
She flew to Alaska.
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11-6 USING WHAT + A FORM OF DO
FUTURE
(e) What are you going to do next week?
I’m going to paint my bedroom.
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11-6 USING WHAT + A FORM OF DO
FUTURE
(f) What will we do if the lights go out?
We’ll use candles.
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11-6 Let’s Practice
they
do
golf play
do they do on Saturdays?
What _________
They _________
play golf on Saturdays.
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11-6 Let’s Practice
they
do
they do next Saturday?
What will
_________
golf play
They __________
will play golf next Saturday.
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11-6 Let’s Practice
he do
What _______
does he do? (job)
doctor
He _________.
is a doctor
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