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Describe your behavior in hypothetical situations
You use
might
to show possibility or probability in the present and in the future. There
isn’t strong degree of certainty about the situation happen.
Look at the examples:
Afrmative Form:
Her parents are very upset.
She
might
be honest with them and tell the truth.
Negative Form:
Her parents are very upset.
She
might
not lie to them.
Interrogative Form:
Might it be better to tell the truth?
Subject + modal + infnitive verb + complement
She
might
be
honest with them…
Subject + modal in negative Form + infnitive verb + complement
She
might not
lie
to them.
Modal + subject + infnitive verb + complement
Might
it
be
better to tell the truth?
Degree of certainty:
Level of
knowledge that something can be
true or correct.
Look at the following examples using
might
:
Afrmative Form
Negative form
Interrogative form
I might wash the dishes
(Strong grade of possibility)
She
might
be honest with them
and tell the truth.
She might not lie to them.
Might it be better to tell the truth?