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L2-UNC-01 · Might / maybe with かもしれない

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L2-UNC-01Level 2 GrammarUncertainty

Using かもしれない to show uncertainty or possibility

Use this when you want to say something might be true, might happen, or is only a possibility.

plain / adjective / noun + かもしれない

Warm-up

Read and notice

  1. あした は あめ かもしれません。It might rain tomorrow.
  2. その みせ は もう しまっている かもしれない です。That shop might already be closed.

Structure drill

Rebuild the pattern

  1. IdeaChoose the thing you are not fully sure about.
  2. Plain styleKeep the grammar before it in the correct plain form.
  3. かもしれないAdd the possibility meaning.

Controlled practice

Use the lesson frames

  1. Rewrite this frame with your own class topic: It might rain tomorrow.あした は あめ かもしれません。
  2. Underline the grammar chunk you must keep unchanged in this pattern, then adapt the rest.その みせ は もう しまっている かもしれない です。

Comic strip response

Explain the conversation

  1. Weather guessあした の てんき は どう ですか。あめ かもしれません。
  2. Late friendまだ きませんね。バス が おくれている かもしれない です。

Independent output

Make it your own

  1. Write one sentence about your own life using L2-UNC-01.
  2. Write one sentence linked to class topic work.
  3. Circle the watch-out you need to check most carefully.
    • This shows uncertainty, so do not use it when you are very sure.
    • Make sure the grammar before it is in the correct plain form.

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