This English tutorial is focusing on the modal verbs, “may” is a very useful verb. It is one of the most used modals and the most useful. It is used to denote the mood of a verb, giving it more nuance, more subtle meaning(s).
“May” can be used to express:
- a request or permission: May you pass me the salt? You may eat in here (you are allowed to do that)
- possibility: It may rain tomorrow. He may be right.
- prohibition: You may not eat in here (you are not allowed to do that). You may not repeat this to him.
- a wish: May the Force be with you! (Star Wars quotation) / May the New Year bring you happiness!
“may” has two forms. It does not have a short form:
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Hi students welcome back I’m Julia, and I’m here to introduce you to lesson
21. content. So today’s focus is the verb will with the use of the future
simple and may of a modal verb may. So we’ve already seen one modal verb
together can in Lesson nine. And today in today’s English tutorial the focus will
be the modal verb will and the modal verb may. Though I hope that you’ve been
enjoying every lesson if you are having difficulties understanding everything do
Dialogue
1/English Sentence Practice
John will finish work in twenty minutes time. He will meet Peter at the entrance to the Cinema.
They will go for something to eat. They are going to eat in London. Peter sees John and they leave the building together.
May I suggest an Indian Restaurant in “Baker Street”? You may, I love Indian food. We will take a Taxi.
It’s not raining, we will walk. Good idea Peter we can burn 200 calories. We will only eat 2000 calories at the restaurant.
Will you order the food, I know you are an expert? I am not an expert but I know what I like.
We will eat well. They will arrive in 20 minutes, it is drizzling rain and the pavements are clear.
They arrive on Baker Street and the food must be good because all of the restaurants are full of Indian clients.
They choose a restaurant and ask for a table for two. They must wait for a quarter of an hour.
The place is full and they are waiting for someone to leave.
May I take your order, asks the waiter. Can I pour some water? You may, thank you.
Vocabulary
2/ English Vocabulary Practice
- He will finish
- in 20 minutes time
- He will meet
- at the entrance
- They will go
- something to eat
- to leave
- the building
- together
- May I…?
- to suggest
- restaurant
- Indian restaurant
- You may
- to love
- Indian food
- to take a taxi
- we will walk
- good idea
- to burn calories
- to order the food
- an expert
- to know
- drizzling rain
- pavement
- clear
- it must be good
- full of
- indian clients
- to choose
- to ask for a table
- they must wait
- a quarter of an hour
- The place is full
- for someone
- to leave
- to take an order
- to pour
- water
English Grammar
Modal verbs
Let’s learn about 2 of the modal list verbs today!
MAY
“may” is a very useful verb. It is one of the most used modal verbs. It is used to denote the mood of a verb, giving it more nuance, more subtle meaning(s).
“May” can be used to express:
- a request or permission: May you pass me the salt? You may eat in here (you are allowed to do that)
- possibility: It may rain tomorrow. He may be right.
- prohibition: You may not eat in here (you are not allowed to do that). You may not repeat this to him.
- a wish: May the Force be with you! (Star Wars quotation) / May the New Year bring you happiness!
“may” has two forms. It does not have a short form:
- may
- may not
“may” is very similar to another modal verb, “might”. These modals can normally be interchanged as there is no significant difference in meaning between the two.
“might” simply implies a smaller chance of something happening (when expressing possibility) than “may”:
It may snow. (high chance)
It might snow. (lower chance)
Examples:
1. Requests or Permission
May I sit here?
May I ask you a personal question?
2. Possibility
I may leave tomorrow.
I may not leave until Tuesday.
3. Prohibition
You may not leave that there.
You may not leave early.
4. A Wish
May you have a safe trip!
May this year bring you happiness!
WILL
The modal verb “will” enables us to create the future simple tense:
subject + will + verb + object.
I will leave tomorrow morning.
I will learn English this year.
Forms:
- I will learn
I’ll learn
I will not learn
I won’t learn
Will I learn?
Will I not learn?
Won’t I learn?
- You will learn
You’ll learn
You will not learn
You won’t learn
Will you learn?
Will you not learn?
Won’t you learn?
- He will learn
He’ll learn
He will not learn
He won’t learn
Will he learn?
Will he not learn?
Won’t he learn?
- She will learn
She’ll learn
She will not learn
She won’t learn
Will she learn?
Will she not learn?
Won’t she learn?
- It will learn
It’ll learn
It will not learn
It won’t learn
Will it learn?
Will it not learn?
Won’t it learn?
- We will learn
We’ll learn
We will not learn
We won’t learn
Will we learn?
Will we not learn?
Won’t we learn?
- You will learn
You’ll learn
You will not learn
You won’t learn
Will you learn?
Will you not learn?
Won’t you learn?
- They will learn
They’ll learn
They will not learn
They won’t learn
Will they learn?
Will they not learn?
Won’t they learn?
The modal verb “will” is also used to express:
- a request: Will you help me with this? / Won’t you lend me the car?
- an offer: I will drive you home. / We will help you with the move.
- a refusal: I will not let you down. We won’t accept these terms.
- a conditional: If it snows, I will cancel the trip. I won’t arrive on time if there is traffic.
Questions and Answers
English Speaking Practise
What time will John finish work?
He will finish work at 5 o’clock.
Will he meet Peter at the entrance?
He may meet Peter at the entrance, of that I am not sure.
Will they eat Indian food?
I am not sure, they may eat Indian food.
Will they take a taxi?
No, they will walk.
Why will they not take a taxi?
Because it is not raining.
May I have your phone number?
No, you may not but you may have my email address.
Will you help me with this?
Yes I will help you.
Won’t you lend me your car?
No, I won’t lend you my car.
May we order some food now?
Yes, we may order some food.
May I suggest a dish?
Yes you may.
Lesson 21 recap with Julia
Hi guys! Welcome back! Let’s do a review together of lesson 21! We’re going to do three different things together. We’re going to run through the key words of the text. We’re going to look at a silent letter, then we’ll do a grammar review together, going through lots of different examples.
Let’s get started with today’s vocabulary! Repeat after me!
entrance
restaurant
Once again here the phonetic transcription or a phonetic transcription appears on the screen.
Do not hesitate to do that until you get the pronunciation of each word just right, let’s carry on
expert
minute
drizzling
to pour
water
to burn
a calorie
calories
a client
a pavement
hour
an hour
a baker
Now let’s look at our our silent letter: it’s the silent “U”
You have two words in today’s text:
building
quarter
just like in:
biscuit
guard
guess
guest
Let’s move on to some grammar practice! As usual on my screen here you will have sentences with gaps. You have to choose between WILL, MAY, and MIGHT.
May I sit here?
it might rain today
it may rain today
open the door, will you?
if it snows, I will cancel the trip
you may not repeat this to him
That’s it for today!
Thanks for watching this video! I’ll see you soon! Bye bye!
Exercises Lesson 21
Comprehension modal verbs Practice
Vocabulary Practice
Grammar Practice
