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• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

What do I expect?

• Silence
• Respect
• Phones in your bags
• Raise your hand to ask or answer questions 

Lesson plan

• May/might/to be allowed to;
• Some exercises;
• Both/either/neither;
• Practice exercises. 

Lesson aims

After this lesson you are able to:

• Tell the difference between might/may/to be allowed to;
• Use might/may/to be allowed to correctly;
• Tell the difference between both/either/neither;
• Use both/either/neither correctly.

When to use may

• Present tense
• More likely to happen
• Asking permission (Less formal)
• Giving permission

When to use might

• Past tense
• Less likely to happen
• Asking permission (Formal)
• Clarifying probability

When to use be allowed to

• Giving permission
• Getting permission
• Permission in different tense (not present tense)
• Rules made by someone else

"... I have a drink?"

1. Are allowed to use
2. May use
3. Might use
4. Could use

"She said she ... not be here."

1. May
2. Is not allowed to
3. Can
4. Might

"I'm sorry, I ... come tomorrow."

1. Am not allowed
2. May not
3. Might
4. Might not

Write three sentences with may/might/to be allowed to

Both, either or neither?

You use: Both 

When:

• You mean "beide" or "allebei"
• You want to name two subjects in a sentence
• Example: Both Jim and Jane are coming
• Both ... and

You use: Either

When:

• You mean "één van beide"
• You mean "de één of de ander"
• Sometimes when you mean "allebei"
• Two subjects
• Example: Either Jim or Jane is coming.
• Either ... or

You use: Neither

When:

• You mean "geen van beide"
• Two subjects
• Example: Neither Jim nor Jane is coming.
• Neither ... nor

I can't choose between strawberries and bananas, I'll just choose ...

1. either of them
2. neither of them
3. both of them
4. all of them

We will go on a trip, ... to Paris ... Madrid.

1. both ... and
2. either ... or
3. either ... nor
4. neither ... nor

We were not here, so it was ... of us who did it.

1. either
2. both
3. neither
4. nor

Tell me who it was! It was ... of you.

1. neither
2. either
3. both
4. all

I thought the painting was ... sad ... beautiful.

1. both ... and
2. neither ... nor
3. either ... or
4. either ... nor

Lesson aims achieved?

You are now able to:

• Tell the difference between might/may/to be allowed to;
• Use might/may/to be allowed to correctly;
• Tell the difference between both/either/neither;
• Use both/either/neither correctly.