worksheet 6: ‘Expressing future Possibility’ ( May / Might)

Exercise1: Look at the picture and try to make a correct sentence. . all MS4

learners may pass

BEM exam their

Exercise 2 :What do the following sentences mean ? Put a cross in the rigth box.

Exeercise 3: Ask questions on the underlined words

Sentence Questions

Ahmed may study maths at 2AS. 1 2 3 4

1) .........................................................................................................? 2)..........................................................................................................? 3)..........................................................................................................? 4).........................................................................................................?

Exercise 2: Unscramble the the words to make correct sentences.

1- allpupilsmaypasstheireamsthisyear. ............................................................................................................................. ..........................................

2- itmaynotraintoday. .......................................................................................................................................................................... 3- mayyousuccedinyourexam. ...................................................................................................................... .................................................... 4-learnerswhodonotworkhardmayhaveproblemsinexams. ................................................................................................

Sentence Future

possibility

Warning Wish Suggestion

1-Don’t touch the electric plug .You may have electric shock.

2-People who smoke may have lung cancer.

3-Learners may use the school library to make their project works.

4-May you have a long healthy and wealthy life.

Exercise 4: Spot the mistakes and write correct sentences:

1-It mayn’t rain today.

2-Learners may learnt new language at lycee.

3-Teachers may help well their learners.

4-Algerian football team may won the African Football Cup 2013.

5- In the future, Algerian Middle School learners might studies computing.

6- Students at Secondary School may spoke possibly 3 foreign languages.

7-Algeria may have not enough oil in 2030. by : Mr.Samir Bounab at “ Yellowdaffodil66@gmail.com”

Exercise 5: Read the passage then rank the degree of possiblity from higher to lower one. Higher degree

How long can we hope to live? The longest we can hope to live today is about 120 years .The average life span is about 75-80 for women and 70-75 for men.But we may well live longer in the future because our living conditions are getting better and better everyday .People in developing countries may well live for 100 years on the average but those who live in developed countries may reach 125 years.Some men may live up to 140 years and some women may reach the age of 160 years.

Adapted from MS4 manual page 62

lower degree

Exercise 7 :Answer the following questions about your área , then make a paragraph

A: What constructions may your town build in the future? B: .............................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................. A : What may happen with too many constructions? B: .............................................................................................................. .............. ................................................................................................ A: Do you think children may have enough free spaces to play? B:. .............................................................................................................. .............. ................................................................................................ A : What may you suggest as typical town? B: .............................................................................................................. .............. ................................................................................................

The paragraph:

by : Mr.Samir Bounab at “ Yellowdaffodil66@gmail.com”

Exercise 6 : Supply the correct punctuation and capital letters where necessary .

ahlam is an algerian middle school learner she loves enlgish and french she will take her bem exam next june ahlam may study literature at secondary school she may be an excellent arab

writer in the future