May / might / could + be + -ing for something happening right now or a possible future arrangement. This is the one you learnt in the basic course. Might / may / could something is possibly true. You’d better stop looking at my girlfriend! You should shave your chest hair, you look like a gorilla. I should tidy my room but I want to piss my mum off. You need not worry about taxis…I’ll pick you up. I might turn into a pumpkin at 12 midnight. May I use the bathroom…I have mega gastro-enteritis?īarcelona may get hit by a meteorite tomorrow!
When I was younger I could drink all night. You must not smoke crack in the classroom.ĭrinking too much can destroy your health.
He must be angry: his wife has three lovers. You must study more! (‘ Have to – versus ‘must’ – shows an obligation comes from somebody else: a law etc.
