Adapted from Paul Brians’ book Common Errors in English Usage (to which he allows no-cost access at his Washington State University web page), here is a worksheet on the proper use of the auxiliary verbs may and might. This is full-page worksheet with a reading of four short paragraphs, five modified cloze exercises, and an imperative for students to compose their own sentences, from subject to period, using one of these auxiliary verbs.
Incidentally, I have struggled over time to figure out a way to teach the use of auxiliary and modal verbs. They present a tricky area of usage. I’d like to think this worksheet, informed by Professor Brians’ crystal clear style, goes some distance to clearing up the use of these two words.
If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.
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