PREDICTIONS

Learn how to use the future with will and may and might in English.  Learn how to make predictions, speak about possibilities, and/or to speak about future actions with will, may, and might.

Signal Words

Below are some words that might be used or indicate use of will, may and/or might.

Today…..

Tomorrow….

Soon…

Someday…

This….(afternoon, week, month, etc.)

Next… (week, year, month, etc.)

Any future time can be used with will, may and might.

Form

AFFIRMATIVE :

SUBJECT + WILL / MAY / MIGHT + V1

NEGATIVE :

SUBJECT + WILL + NOT (WON’T) + V1

SUBJECT + MAY / MIGHT + NOT + V1

USES OF WILL

1. A VOLUNTARY ACTION:

Are you hungry? I  will make you a sandwich.

I  will turn down the TV; it is too loud.

2. A PROMISE:

Will you  love me forever? Yes, I  will love you forever. I  won’t stop loving you.

Can I borrow $100? I  will pay you  back next week.

3. A FUTURE PREDICTION:

How do you think the weather  will be tomorrow? I think it  will rain tomorrow.

It  won’t snow this month.

USES OF MAY / MIGHT

1. A FUTURE POSSIBILITY:

Where will you travel next year? I think I  might visit Italy next year.

Are you watching the game on Sunday? I  might not watch the football game on Sunday; I am too busy.

What will you eat for lunch? I  may eat at McDonald’s for lunch.

I have a lot of homework to do, so I  may not go to her party this weekend.

**Note: We do not use  might or may with the main verb in a  question.

If you want to ask a question with  might / may, use:

How do you think the weather  might be tomorrow?

Do you think it may rain tomorrow?

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Practice using will, may and might to speak about the future in English!

A. Future with will, may, and might. Rewrite the given ideas using will, may, and might in complete sentences. (More than one answer is possible)

1. There is definitely a party tomorrow evening at my house.

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2. If it is sunny tomorrow, it would be fun for us to go to the beach.

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3. I am thinking about studying French this year.

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4. Jane promised to help me with my homework this weekend.

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5. There is a fifty-fifty chance that she will be on time for her English class tomorrow.

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B. Write a paragraph with some predictions about what life might be like in the year 2099

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

EXERCISE 4

FIRST CONDITIONAL

We use the First Conditional to talk about future events that are likely to happen.

• If we take John, he'll be really pleased.
• If you give me some money, I'll pay you back tomorrow.
• If they tell us they want it, we'll have to give it to them.
• If Mary comes, she'll want to drive.

The 'if' clause can be used with different present forms.

• If I go to New York again, I'll buy you a souvenir from the Empire State Building.
• If he's feeling better, he'll come.
• If she hasn't heard the bad news yet, I'll tell her.

The "future clause" can contain 'going to' or the future perfect as well as 'will'.

• If I see him, I'm going to tell him exactly how angry I am.
• If we don't get the contract, we'll have wasted a lot of time and money.

The "future clause" can also contain other modal verbs such as 'can' and 'must'.

• If you go to New York, you must have the cheesecake in Lindy's.
• If he comes, you can get a lift home with him.
• exercise 1

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• takenfrom http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/firstconditional/menu.php

VOCABULARY

JUST, ALREADY, YET, STILL

Just, yet, still, already

These words are often used with the present perfect although yet, still and already can all be used with other tenses.

Just

‘Just’ is usually used only with the present perfect tense and it means ‘a short time ago’.

• I’ve just seen Susan coming out of the cinema.
• Mike’s just called. Can you ring him back please?
• Have you just taken my pen? Where has it gone?

In the present perfect, ‘just’ comes between the auxiliary verb (‘have’) and the past participle.

Yet

‘Yet’ is used to talk about something which is expected to happen. It means ‘at any time up to now’. It is used in questions and negatives.

• Have you finished your homework yet? The speaker expects that the homework will be finished.
• I haven’t finished it yet. I’ll do it after dinner.

‘Yet’ usually comes at the end of the sentence.

Still

‘Still’ is used to talk about something that hasn’t finished – especially when we expected it to finish earlier.

• I’ve been waiting for over an hour and the bus still hasn’t come.
• You promised to give me that report yesterday and you still haven’t finished it.

‘Still’ usually comes in ‘mid-position’

Still is often used with other tenses as well as the present perfect.

• I’ve still got all those letters you sent me.
• Are you still working in the bookshop?

Already

‘Already’ is used to say that something has happened early – or earlier than it might have happened.

• I’ve already spent my salary and it’s two weeks before pay day.
• The train’s already left! What are we going to do?
• Susan's finished the report already.

‘Already’ usually comes in mid-position or at the end of the sentence.

taken from https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/es/quick-grammar/just-yet-still-already

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

SUPERLATIVES

https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/elementary/grammar/grammar_08_022e?cc=mx&selLanguage=en

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1876

http://www.tinyteflteacher.co.uk/learning-english/grammar/exercises/superlative-adjectives.html

http://www.agendaweb.org/grammar/comparison-superlative-exercises.html

http://speakspeak.com/english-grammar-exercises/elementary/superlative-adjectives