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    YesNO Questions and May, Migh and Will To Talk About The Future

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    This document discusses the use of will, may, and might to talk about future events and possibilities. Will is used to talk about promises, voluntary actions, and future predictions. May and might are used to talk about future possibilities and refer to what "maybe will" happen. Both may and might are followed by a verb in the infinitive form and questions are formed by inverting the subject and may/might. Will can be used with adverbs of probability like possibly, probably, definitely, and certainly to show how likely a future event is.

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    This document discusses the use of will, may, and might to talk about future events and possibilities. Will is used to talk about promises, voluntary actions, and future predictions. May and might are used to talk about future possibilities and refer to what "maybe will" happen. Both may and might are followed by a verb in the infinitive form and questions are formed by inverting the subject and may/might. Will can be used with adverbs of probability like possibly, probably, definitely, and certainly to show how likely a future event is.

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    will, may and might to speak about the future

    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
    Will
    A VOLUNTARY ACTION: Are you hungry? I  will make you a sandwich.
    A PROMISE: Will you  love me forever? Yes, I  will love you forever. I  won’t stop loving you.
    A FUTURE PREDICTION: How do you think the weather  will be tomorrow? I think it  will rain
    tomorrow.
    MAY / MIGHT
    A FUTURE POSSIBILITY:
    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.

    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?
    May and Might
    Use:
    Use May and Might to talk about what will possibly happen in the future. May and Might
    mean maybe will. They can refer to the future or the present.
    Examples: I might have a pen in my bag.  ( = present use) 
    She may arrive tomorrow. ( = future use)
    Form:
    May and Might are modal verbs, like can, will and should, so they follow the same rules.
    1) Do not add ‘s’ to the third person singular.
    He may come. NOT He mays come.
    She might stay. NOT She mights stay.
    2) To form a negative, add not after may and might.
    He may not come.  She might not stay.
    3) To form questions, invert may/might and the subject. However, questions with might
    are not common.
    Might he be late? 
    4) May can be used with ‘I’ or ‘we’ to make requests. However, can and could are more
    common.
    May I have some chocolate? May we go to the party?
    5) May and Might are always followed by a verb in the infinitive form.
    I might go. NOT I might to go.
    She might stay. NOT She might staying.

     
    Will + adverbs of probability
    Use:
    You can use will and won’t with different adverbs to show how probable a future event is.
    I’ll possibly go to the party.
    I’ll probably go to the party.
    I’ll definitely go to the party.
    I’ll certainly go to the party.
    Form:
    Note that will / ‘ll is used before the adverb, but won’t is used after the adverb.
    I’ll probably see you later.
    I probably won’t see you late

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