* ⚪May or Might*
🟡May
〽️May is present form of might.👌🏻
*✅We use may:*
*🟢👉🏻 When we are not sure about something in the present or future:*
*💜Examples*
◻️Jack may be coming to see us tomorrow. (= Perhaps Jack will come to see us tomorrow.)
◻️Oh dear! It's half past ten. We may be late for the meeting. (= Perhaps we will be late for the meeting.)
◻️She's had no sleep. She may be tired. (= Perhaps she is tired.)
*🟢👉🏻 We can use 'may' to ask for permission. However this is rather formal and not used very often in modern spoken English*
*💙 Examples*
◻️May I borrow the car tomorrow?
◻️May we come a bit later?May I borrow your pen?
◻️May we think about it?
◻️May I go now?
*🟢👉🏻To give permission in a formal way:*
*💚Examples*
◻️You may go now.
◻️You may come at eleven if you wish.
*🟢👉🏻We use 'may' to suggest something is possible*
*💙 Examples*
◻️It may rain later today.
◻️I may not have time to do it today.
◻️Pete may come with us
*🟢👉🏻We can use may not to refuse permission or to say that someone does not have permission, but it is formal and emphatic:*
*🤍Examples*
◻️You may not borrow the car until you can be more careful with it!
◻️Students may not wear jeans.
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*🟡Might*
〽️Might is the past form of may.
*✅We use might:*
*🟢👉🏻When we are not sure about something in the present or future:*
*💚Examples*
◻️I might see you tomorrow.
◻️It looks nice, but it might be very expensive.
◻️It's quite bright. It might not rain today.
*🟢👉🏻 We use 'might' to suggest a small possibility of something.*
*💙 Examples*
◻️She might be at home by now but it's not sure at all.
◻️It might rain this afternoon.
◻️I might not have time to go to the shops for you.
◻️I might not go.
*🟢👉🏻 As the past tense of requests with may:*
*💚 Examples*
◻️He asked if he might borrow the car.
◻️They wanted to know if they might come later.
*🟢👉🏻 As a very polite way of asking for permission:*
*🤍Examples*
◻️Might we ask you a question?
◻️Might I just interrupt for a moment?
◻️For the past, we use 'might have'.
◻️He might have tried to call while I was out.
◻️I might have dropped it in the street.
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