Help your intermediate students express possibility and probability with greater precision with this fully structured B1 ESL/EFL grammar lesson plan on May, Might and Will Probably — a ready-to-use resource that makes teaching this topic straightforward and engaging.

At B1 level, being able to express degrees of certainty about the future is an important marker of fluency. This lesson plan covers the main uses of may, might and will probably to talk about future possibility and probability, the subtle differences in meaning between them, construction rules and exceptions, and builds the skills students need to speculate about the future naturally in everyday conversations.

This Lesson Plan Includes: Flashcards · Warmer · Main usage · Construction · Rules and exceptions · Examples · Two closed exercises · One open exercise · Revision exercise · Writing exercise · Extra study · Chatterbox conversation activity · Closing game or activity · Answer key

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This lesson plan is part of the: B1 Intermediate Course Book — the complete B1 curriculum with 44 fully structured lesson plans

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All B1 Intermediate lesson plans:

Will and Going To · Wh Questions in the Past · Simple Passive · Reported Speech · Question Tags · Present Perfect Continuous · Phrasal Verbs · Past Tense Responses · Past Simple v Present Perfect · Past Perfect · Past Continuous · Should Have/Could Have/Might Have · Have To/Must · Must & Can't Have for Deduction · May/Might/Will Probably · Intensifiers Too/Enough · Future Continuous · Connecting Words · Second and Third Conditionals · Comparatives and Superlatives · Adverbs · Sport · Shops and Shopping · Media · Leisure Activities · History · Film · Fashion · Education · Crime · Cooking · Books and Literature

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