References

Main literature

1.New English file (pre-intermediate) Student’s book/Work book ClieveOxenden Christina Latham – Koening. Oxford University Press, 2010

2. New Inside Out (pre-intermediate) Student’s book Sue Kay & Vaughan Jones Macmillian 2012

3. Cutting edge (pre-intermediate) Student’s book. Sarah Cunningham and Peter Moon Longman 2008

Additional literature

4.“Essential grammar” R.Murphy. Second edition. (pre-intermediate )l. Cambridge University Press. 2009.

5.Brush up your English Romanovich A. U. Moscow 2007

6.onestopenglish.com

HAND-OUT Discipline: English as a foreign language Lexical theme: My University. Level: Pre-Intermediate Grammar: Modal verb may/might Credits: 2 Practical lesson 12 Teacher Sariyeva Aida Kamzaevna

Warming-up. Read and translate the saying, give equivalents in Kazakh /Russian."Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life." Immanuel Kant  

GRAMMAR: Modal verb may/might+ Infinitive (possibility)

Use might / may and might not+ infinitive to talk about possibilities. It might/ may rain= it is possible that it will rain. Eg. We might fight a picnic tomorrow, but it depends on the weather. I might not go to the party. I haven’t decided yet. I may go to the party, but I’m not sure. I may not have time to do everything today.

1. Match the sentences halves.

1. Take your umbrella. 1. We might get lost.

2. Don’t wait for me. 2. You might cut yourself.

3. Let’s buy a lottery ticket. 3. It might rain.

4. Be careful with that knife. 4. We might win.

5. Let’s take a map. 5. I might be late.

2 Complete the sentences with may / might + a verb.

be cold not have time be ill win be in the meeting

1. Kate wasn’t in class today. She_____________________

2. He isn’t answering his phone. He ___________________

3. I don’t know if I’ll finish it. I _______________________

4. It’s difficult match but we _________________________

5. Take your coat. It ________________________________

LISTENING. [2 p 154] Listen to the Andy talking about his favourite school subject. Underline the answers he gives.

1. “What was your favourite subject at school? ” ‘Math / Art’

2. “Why did you particularly like this subject?” ‘It was easy / I was good at it’

3. “What was the teachers name?” “Miss Lewis / Mr Lewis”

4. “What did she look like?” ‘She had long black hair and wore bright colours / looked like a teacher’

5. “Why were her lessons special?” ‘They were fun / interesting and varied’

6. “How many hours did you have a week?” ‘We had three / six hours a week’

7. “Did you learn anything which is useful to you today’ ‘Yes, I still love taking photos / make a living as a photographer’