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Use might and might not to express an uncertain possibility in the present or future.
Overview
Use might and might not to express an uncertain possibility in the present or future.
Form and rules
Use might + base verb when something is possible but not certain.
Use might not + base verb for an uncertain negative possibility.
Might does not change for he/she/it and does not take to.
Questions with might are possible but less common in everyday A2 English; may or other question forms are often used instead.
Use maybe as an adverb, but might as a modal: Maybe he is late / He might be late.
A closer look
Questions with might are possible but less common in everyday A2 English; may or other question forms are often used instead.
Use maybe as an adverb, but might as a modal: Maybe he is late / He might be late.
Examples
It might rain later.
She might not come tonight.
They might be at home.
I might buy a new laptop.
Maybe we'll see him there.
Common mistakes
Uncertain possibility uses might + base verb.
Might not expresses an uncertain negative possibility.
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