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Hi, today we're going to talk about the language we'd use to express speculating and predicting.

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To talk about possibility in the future, we can use may, might, or could, plus the base form of the verb.

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Example, it might rain

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There is a possibility it rains

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Same way we can use it may rain

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or it could rain with no difference in meaning

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We use may or may not for the negative

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but we do not use could not

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Let's take a look at the following example

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In this case, we could say something like

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He may not pass the course

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But we would never use he could not pass the course

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Because we will mean something completely different

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To make predictions in the future, we can use

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Will, probably, plus the base form of the verb

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I think it will probably rain

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Depending on how certain or convinced we are in our speculations, we can establish the following scale, where want is the 0% certain and will is the 100%.

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This way, we can follow the sequence starting with 0% want, then probably want, might or may or could, will probably, and we'll find will when we're 100% sure that something is certain.

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will happen. It's your turn now. Take a look at the following picture, and imagine you're

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100% certain of what's about to happen here. How would you express it? With A, they may

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fall, or with B, they will fall? The correct answer is they will fall. We often make predictions

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with the first conditional too. Remember the structure. If plus subject plus present simple

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plus subject plus will. If the hotel has a Wi-Fi, I'll check my emails. We can also use may, might,

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or could if a prediction is only a possibility. If you refresh the page, it might load. Class

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practice. Write down your speculations based on the visual prompts. Now use the first conditional

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that's will, won't, might or could for these sentences here. What will, might, could or may

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you do if this happens? What could you do if the king of Spain pays us a visit? What if you travel

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to china what will you do if a witch comes and turns us into frogs what might you do if you have super powers what if a nuclear bomb explodes and if you can time travel what if you win the lottery