UNIT 9 LESSON 01: POSSIBILITIES AND PREDICTIONS

LESSON 01:
POSSIBILITIES AND PREDICTIONS

Let’s talk about possibilities and predictions! 🔮

🎯 WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

talk about things that may happen in the future
use may and might to talk about possibilities
say that something is possible or not possible
make simple predictions about the future
ask and answer questions about future possibilities
talk about what you think may happen

Ready? Let’s imagine the future! 🔮

A2 English Lesson 1: Possibilities and Predictions

🔮 MAYBE…

Sometimes we talk about the future when we are not sure what will happen. We can use may or might.

Possibility	Example
may	It may rain tomorrow.
might	We might go to the beach.

May and might are very similar. At A2 level, you can use both to say that something is possible.

🌤️ TALKING ABOUT POSSIBILITIES

Look at these examples:

It may be sunny tomorrow.
Sam might come to the party.
We may visit our grandparents this weekend.
They might play football after school.

🚫 NOT SURE?

We can also use may not and might not when something is possibly not going to happen.

Possible	Possible negative
It may rain.	It may not rain.
Leo might come.	Leo might not come.

Remember: after may and might, we use the base form of the verb.

✅ She might visit us.

❌ She might visits us.

🔮 WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN?

We can use simple future time expressions when we make predictions:

Time expression	Example
tomorrow	It might rain tomorrow.
next week	We may have a test next week.
next summer	I might travel next summer.
in the future	People may live in different ways in the future.

📖 READ: MAYBE TOMORROW

Read the text and find out what Leo thinks may happen tomorrow.

Hi! I’m Leo. Tomorrow is Saturday, so I don’t have school. I have some plans, but I don’t know exactly what will happen. I may play football with my friends in the morning. If the weather is good, we might go to the park. In the afternoon, my cousin may visit us. We might watch a film together, but we haven’t decided yet. In the evening, I may stay at home and play a video game. Or I might read my new comic. There are lots of possibilities!

🔎 CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

Does Leo have school tomorrow?
What may Leo do in the morning?
Where might Leo go if the weather is good?
Who may visit Leo’s family?
What might Leo do in the evening?

✏️ YOUR TURN

Think about your next weekend. Write five sentences about things that may or might happen.

I may…
I might…
My family may…
My friends might…
It may…

🎮 GAMES «possibilities and predictions»

Practise may, might and future possibilities with these games:

JUEGO 1

https://wordwall.net/resource/93719548/future-predictions-will-wont-may-might

JUEGO 2

https://wordwall.net/resource/87069980/english/will-going-to-may-might-future-world

JUEGO 3

https://wordwall.net/resource/31408502/esl/modals-ability-possibility-permissin-can-could-may-might

¿Qué significa may?
Usamos may para decir que algo es posible. Por ejemplo: It may rain.

¿Y qué significa might?
Might también expresa posibilidad. En este nivel, puedes pensar en may y might como formas muy parecidas.

¿Después de may y might va el verbo en infinitivo?
Usamos el verbo en su forma básica: She might come.

¿Puedo decir may to go?
No. Después de may o might no usamos to: We may go.

¿Cómo hago una frase negativa?
Puedes usar may not o might not: He might not come.

¿May y might significan exactamente lo mismo?
Son muy parecidos para expresar posibilidad. En A2 lo importante es saber usarlos para hablar de algo que puede ocurrir.

¿Puedo usar may o might para hablar del futuro?
Sí. Puedes hablar de planes o situaciones futuras que no estás seguro de que ocurran.

¿Tengo que aprender muchas palabras nuevas en esta lección?
No. Lo importante es aprender a expresar posibilidades y hacer predicciones sencillas usando el vocabulario que ya conoces.

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📝 Resumen «possibilities and predictions»

In this lesson, you have learned how to talk about possibilities and predictions using may and might. You can now say that something may or might happen, make simple predictions about the future and talk about plans or situations that are not certain.

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