Таблиці: модальне дієслово may

Форми

may

Present Simple

might

Past Simple

might

Subjunctive Mood

You may have anything you want.

He may not know about it.

He said he might hire a car.

He might have got lost.

You might have helped him.

He might have given you a real explanation.

Значення

Приклади

Об’єктивна можливість

He may know her address.

When may we expect the delegation?

The plane may be delayed by the fog.

Докір (вживається тільки з might)

You might at least clean the bath after you’ve
used it!

I might have guessed that he wouldn’t come.

Припущення з невеликою межею
впевненості

Your typewriter may be a good machine,

but it is old-fashioned.

He thought that she might have missed the

train.

Дозвіл, прохання, заборона

May І take your car? — No, you may not.

May he come to dinner tonight? — Yes,
he may.

Побажання

May you live to be a hundred!

May there never be wars!