My name is Alicia, and today we're going to talk about how to talk about your plans, and I'm going to focus on using May might and probably to do this.

Today's lesson will be a good one for, I think, beginners.

And of course, it will be good grammar review At the end of today's lesson, I'm also going to cover some other expressions you can use to talk about your plan.

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All right, So, as I said, today's lesson is going to be about using May might and probably to express your plans of going to talk about the differences between these words.

So, of course, as always, in today's lesson, please send your example sentences in the chat, I will try to check live.

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Okay, I'm going to share today's lesson, and then I'm going to begin our topic for today.

All right, so, as always, I have a couple of different things.

I have, like, three basic groups that I want to split today's lesson into.

So the first group, the first topic I want to talk about today is using May and might May end might so two for today's lesson.

Yes, I want Thio.

Note that we use May to ask permission to do something.

Yes, Like, may I use the restroom or may I borrow your pen?

Yes, we have this use of may, but today I'm not going to focus on that grammar point.

I'm not going to talk about using may toe ask permission today I'm going to focus on using May and might the meaning that they share the meaning that is similar.

So with that in mind, I want to first talk about the differences between the positive and the negative uses of May and might.

So when we make a positive sentence, when we make a positive statement with May or with might it expresses about a 50 or 60% chance of something, so it's a pretty good chance of something, but we're not sure we're not 100% sure about our plan.

So maybe 50 to 60%.

This is not a perfect rule, just a guide when you make a negative statement, however, so that means may not or might not something.

It expresses a low chance.

So, like, 20% or 30% chance of something.

Ah, low chance of the following activity.

So positive.

Negative.

Also, I want to point out lots of people ask How do I know?

Should I choose Mayor?

Should I choose Might What should I?

D'oh, Uh, Might is more common in American English in American English.

We usually say I might do this.

I might not do that.

We use might much more often than we use May in American English.

May is, of course, correct.

But to American English speakers, it's sometimes sounds a little bit more formal.

So if we want to sound more polite, we might use May.

We might use May.

But generally speaking generally American English speakers.

I'm an American English speaker we use Might might.

So how do we make a statement?

How do we make a statement with May or might to do this?

We have our subject, so subject that means I or you or he she we they are subject plus either May or might.

Today I'm going to practice might a lot, but you can use may hear so subject might to make it negative ad.

Not here.

So subject might not.

I might not, he might not.

She may not so this is optional.

To make the negative form put your not here.

And finally we use the infinitive verb so I might not go or he may come.

And then we'll add some extra information after the verb according to the verb you choose.

So let's take a look at some examples.

1st 1 I might go hiking this weekend.

I might go hiking this weekend.

So positive sentence I subject might.

So 50 to 60% chance of something go is my infinitive verb.

And the information after hiking this weekend so I might go hiking is also grammatically correct.

But we want to talk about our specific plan.

Yeah, so we include this weekend for the time period.

I might go hiking this weekend.

Okay, second example, we may see a movie tomorrow night.

We may see a movie tomorrow night.

So again, this probably this might sound a little bit more formal in American English.

It's correct.

It's totally correct.

It sounds a little more polite, though, so we may see.

Here's my subject.

We may so 50 to 60% chance or so psi is my verb in the infinitive form.

So remember infinitive form means just the basic dictionary form.

When you check the dictionary, the infinitive form is the form that's in the dictionary, so we may see a movie tomorrow night.

The difference here between see a movie and watch a movie when you use.

See it sounds like you're going to the movie theater.

If you say we may watch a movie tonight, it sounds like you're going to stay at home and watch the movie.

That's the difference.

Okay, uh, let's look at some negative examples.

And then, of course, as I'm teaching this part of your question for the chat live and not life is what's something you might do with this weekend.

So send me or examples, and I'll try to check them in a minute.

Let's look at some negatives.

Though She might not come to the beach with us tomorrow, she might not come to the beach with us tomorrow.

So this one again and negative my subject is she I'm using might not might not.

So that means there's a very low chance of this action.

There's a very low chance of this activity.

She might not come to the beach with us, so That means there was some plan that we had.

I want to express one person's plan to not come, so there's a very low chance this person will come.

She might not come to the beach with us tomorrow.

One more negative example.

Uh, I may not be able to attend your party after all, So I included this example sentence for a couple of reasons.

First, I may not be able to I may not be able to attend, so this is an important and small.

It sounds like a small point, but this is a very helpful expression.

I might not be able to do something.

This is different.

It sounds different and nuanced then.

Sorry.

Hard to do.

I might not attend.

I might not attend your party.

After all, if I say I might not attend your party after all, it sounds like that's my decision.

I decide I'm not going to attend.

If, however you say I may not, I may not be able to attend your party.

This be able to sounds like they're some other outside responsibility.

Like you have work, sudden work project or your family or some other situation.

You need to deal with.

So that means you can't do it.

You're not able to do it.

It's not possible.

So this makes the sentence much, much softer.

I might not be able to attend your party.

Another thing I want to talk about with this one Is this after all?

After all, after all.

So this does not mean uh, like, it's not a literal expression.

It doesn't mean like, after all what?

Yeah, this means in the end, in the end.

So this means, like, at the end of the situation.

So we use this, uh, in cases where we've discussed something.

So in this situation, for example, maybe I talk to someone about attending a party.

We made a plan together, and then a week later, I'm like, Oh, wait, I don't know if I can come.

I might not be able to attend after all of our discussion.

After all of the things we talked about after all of those details shared in the end, I don't think I'm able to attend.

So after all, shows like you recognize the stuff, all of the things, all of the details from before, So, uh, it was not possible after all, you can use this expression in positive sentences to like, Oh, it was okay after all.

Like, the situation was okay.

After all, I was able to catch a taxi after all.

So you can use this in positive and negative expressions.

We usually use it to talk about like, um kind of the opposite of the plans that we were really worried about something, but it was okay, after all, or had a plan to do something, but I couldn't do it after all.

So that's kind of the feeling with this one.

So also last 10.4, Section one today.

Use the negative to talk about plans the other person already knows about.

So, like, if I say to you like what something you're going to do this weekend or what Something you might do this weekend.

And you say I might not go to your party or like, I might not do something else.

Well, I didn't know about that plan, so it sounds strange that you tell me something you're not going to do so.

We usually use the negative to talk about plans the other person knows about.

All right, So this is part one.

I'm going to check your examples now.

Ah, Adrian on YouTube says I might not be able to watch your kids.

Good example.

Perfect.

Nyla says I might go to the park this coming weekend.

Excellent.

Uh, conwell, It says I might not go for an internship after exams because my brother is coming next week from abroad.

Who?

Nice.

Okay.

Henry says she might go to the supermarket this Sunday.

Perfect.

Nice grammar.

Everybody on Facebook.

I don't see examples right now on Facebook.

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I've got some black, maybe, I don't know.

No examples on Facebook.

Okay.

Uh, maybe I missed some too Jew be on YouTube.

Says I may not be able to finish this video because I'm about to leave for work.

Oh, great.

Example, right?

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And also, you can watch this later.

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Lucas says I might not go to the beach with my friends this weekend.

Perfect.

Uh, Nicholas says he might not go to college tomorrow.

Nice one.

Nice one.

Elden says I might run 10 k this weekend.

Nice.

What might I do?

I think I might go surfing this weekend.

I'm actually probably, uh, I'll save that for the next one.

I'll say that for my next one.

That's my probable plan.

Okay, great.

Very nice examples.

Everybody up some on Facebook now.

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Cell says I might not be able to go to work tomorrow because of the snow.