Modal Verbs – Might
We use might when we want to express a possibility of something that we are not sure about we often use “might”. This possibility is about a 50% chance.
Examples:
She
might come to the dance with me, but I’m not sure.
She
might be in her office; she was there about an hour ago.
Where’s Maria? I don’t know, she
might be at home with her boyfriend.
Do you think they’ll buy a car? They
might, they were talking about buying one for a while
I
might go to the beach later if it doesn’t rain.
In the above five examples the speaker is not exactly sure of the answer to the situation. The negative form of “might” is simply “might not” which emphasizes more doubt of the situation.
She
might not come to the dance with me.
She
might not be in her office; I saw her leave half an hour ago.
Where’s Maria? I don’t know, but she
might not be home because I called her ten minutes ago
and nobody answered.
Do you think they’ll buy a new car? They
might not, Raul said he doesn’t think he’ll have enough
money yet.
I
might not go to the beach because it might rain.
Might is also used as a soft suggestion
You
might study a little harder.
You
might call your mother to tell her you’ll be late for dinner.
They
might practice harder to win the game.
He
might want to talk to his girlfriend to explain what happened.
You
might get up earlier to get to work on time.
