Friday Message: How to use the modal verb "May"

ABA English: Friday Message | [ABA English]( [Friday Message 8/12/2017 Possibility]( Hello! I hope all's well with you. Your progress: Beginners [Continue studying]( I’m a very indecisive person and today I’m going to teach you how to express possibility in English ☺ Let’s start with the modal verbs “may” and “might”. The modal verb “may” indicates possibility. For example, I may have pizza for dinner tonight. It may rain this weekend. Here you can use the modal verb “might” instead of “may” and say: I might have pizza for dinner tonight. It might rain this weekend. Here “may” is slightly more formal than “might”. We sometimes use the adverbs “maybe” and “perhaps” to express possibility. “Perhaps” is more formal than “maybe”. When referring to possible future events like the ones in the examples above, we use these adverbs followed by the future with “will”. Look… Perhaps I will have pizza for dinner tonight. or Maybe I will have pizza for dinner tonight. Perhaps it will rain this weekend. or Maybe it will rain this weekend. (Hopefully it won’t rain this weekend!) Now, watch the [ABA Film 49]( and see how Andrew helps Emily learn the modal verbs! Put your headset on! Have a lovely weekend. Best wishes, [Graham] Graham Weeks Your ABA Teacher Did you enjoy this class? Share it with your friends [[Facebook]Facebook]( [[Twitter]Twitter]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Download our app Listen, speak and interact in English wherever you want [App Store]( [Play Store]( --------------------------------------------------------------- More resources Check out our blog for more English lessons: [Blog]( If you no longer wish to receive notifications from your teacher, click [here](.