Lesson 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS
Unit 10:
LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS
Modal verbs: may and might
Form:
May / Might + infinitive (without to)
Example:
It may be a book or it might be a game.
Use:
* May / Might is used to talk about present
or future possibility.
* Might is normally a little less sure than May.
It may be a book or it might be a game.
What may it be?
It may be a box of crayons or it might be a box of paints.
What may it be?
It may be a football or it might be a basketball.
What may it be?
It may be a boat or it might be a train.
What may it be?
It may be a flying saucer or it might be a meteor.
What may it be?
It may be an evening star or it might be a spacecraft.
What may it be?
Conditional sentences type 1: (caâu ñieàu kieän loaïi 1)
Form:
Use:
If clause:
Simple present tense.
Main clause:
Simple future tense.
We use this structure when there is a possibility
that the situation in the if-clause will happen
in the future or is true in the present.
Example:
If Ba forgets his lunch, he’ll be hungry at lunch time.
b
c
d
a
e
will miss
does not hurry.
is not
will drop
will join
finishes
writes
won’t forget
Conditional sentences type 2: (caâu ñieàu kieän loaïi 2)
Form:
Use:
If clause:
past subjunctive.
Main clause:
would / could / might + V.inf
We use this structure to talk about unreal
or unlikely present or future situation.
Set the scene:
Ba is not rich so he can’t travel around the world.
If Ba were rich, he would travel around the world.
If Mr. Loc had a car, he would drive to work.
If Lan lived in HCM City, she would visit Saigon Water Park.
If Nam had an alarm clock, he would arrive at
school on time.
If Hoa lived in Hue, she would see her parents
every day.
If Nga owned a piano, she would play it very well.
If Tuan studied harder, he would get better grades.
If Na had enough money, she would buy
a new computer.
If I met an alien from outer space, I would make friends with him/her.
If I met an alien from outer space, I would ask him/her about his/her life.
If I met an alien from outer space, I would tell you about it.
He may/might rent a new house.
He may/might visit Da Lat for a week.
He may/might buy a new TV.
He may/might take his family to a restaurant.
He may/might keep his money in a bank.
He may/might go to the dentist.
She may/might go to the school library.
The Hanoi-HCM train may/might leave at 11.30 pm.
It may/might leave at midnight.
He may/might be practicing singing at the moment.
He may/might be learning Math at the moment.
She may/might have bread and fried egg for breakfast.
She may/might eat her breakfast at the school canteen.
I may/might have baked beef for dinner tonight.
will stay
rains
see
will
ask
win
will give
will be sent
is
have
will buy
don’t leave
will be
had
could get
will be
pass
give
will visit
would follow
were