PREDICTIONS According to syllabus UNIT 8 Predictions ABCD
PREDICTIONS
According to syllabus… UNIT 8: Predictions A-B-C-D Unit related work: READING TASK • • Focus on Grammar • CD ROM • Workbook Summative 15% May Might Will Maybe Probably Certainly • Present tense in future time clauses • Compound nouns with numbers. • Computer actions • Adjs with infinitives • /ʃ / / tʃ /
EXPRESSING POSSIBILITY: MAY, MIGHT, May YOU ARE LIKELY TO DO SOMETHING MAYBE “I may go to the store later” Maybe (I will probably go to the store later) WE USE 'MAY' TO SUGGEST SOMETHING IS POSSIBLE • It may rain later today. • I may not have time to do it today. • Pete may come with us Might WE USE 'MIGHT' TO SUGGEST A SMALL POSSIBILITY OF SOMETHING. • She might be at home by now but it's not sure at all. • It might rain this afternoon. • I might not have time to go to the shops for you. • I might not go. MEANS "POSSIBLY! It comes at the beginning of a sentence. Express prediction, promises. Used in informal context • Maybe we’ll go to theater in the evening. • Maybe I’ll drop out this year. • Maybe we’ll take a vacation next month. May not and Might not do not contract with not.
Maybe 20% Might 30% May 50% <. <. Chance. >. >
Exercises 1) I _____ go into town tomorrow for the Christmas sales. And James _______ come with me! 2) ____ you are right! Perhaps it would be best if you didn't invite Johnnie 3) If you went to bed early tonight, you _______ feel better tomorrow. 4) Peter ______come this afternoon. 5) St Paul's Cathedral is _____one of London's most prominent landmarks 6) It ______ rain tomorrow. 7) They ______be away for the weekend but I'm not sure. 8) Jack ____ get upset if you don't tell him the truth. 1) May - Might 9) He ____ be able to help you. 2) Maybe 10) The sequel _____be better than the first film. 3) Might 4) May 5) Maybe 6) Might 7) Might 8) May 9) May 10) May
Probably It will probably rain this evening. 2. He probably thinks you don't like him. 3. I probably will not be there. / I will probably not be there. 4. He probably does not know. 5. I probably won't be there.
Certainly 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) This will certainly make them think again. Ellie was certainly a student at the university but I'm not sure about her brother. It certainly gave some of her visitors a fright. She will almost certainly be left with some brain damage. "will you accept his offer? " - "certainly not!"
Speaking Practice IELTS test
Practice to the test and describe a picture.
Personal Information Who you are? Your family Your home Your free time activities
What do you need to know?
Describe a picture
AT the top IN the backround IN the middle ON the left side AT the bottom right side IN the foreground
Examples 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. IN the top left …… IN the top right ……. IN the bottom right …. . IN the bottom left ……. ON the right side …. . ON the left side …… AT the top …… AT the bottom……. 3 KIND OF DOCUMENTS OF THE • Photograph • Painting • Advertisement
Discuss a situation
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