Language Development

I Could Help

Language: Tell What May Happen

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I Could Be a Paramedic I think I’ll be a paramedic In the town of West McCheswick. Someone may fall. A man might call, And I could get there quick. If I could be a paramedic In the town of West McCheswick, I might save lives. I’d get to drive A big, white mobile clinic. Verbs Sometimes you aren’t sure if something will happen. Use helping verbs may, might, or could with another verb to tell about it. Someone may fall. A man might call. I could be a paramedic.

I Could Be a Paramedic
I think I’ll be a paramedic
In the town of West McCheswick.
Someone may fall.
A man might call,
And I could get there quick.
If I could be a paramedic
In the town of West McCheswick,
I might save lives.
I’d get to drive
A big, white mobile clinic.
Verbs

Sometimes you aren’t sure if something will happen. Use helping verbs may, might, or could with another verb to tell about it.

Someone may fall.

A man might call.

I could be a paramedic.

Express Yourself

TELL WHAT MAY HAPPEN

Work with a partner. Read each question. Then have your partner answer with may, might, or could. Then switch roles.

    Example

  • 1. What kind of job could you have?

    I could be a police officer.

  • 1. What kind of job could you have?

  • 2. What might you do in your work?

  • 3. Where might you work?

  • 4. How may you help your community?

5.–7. Interview a partner. What might he or she be? Use may, might, or could to tell about it. Then switch roles.

    Example

  • 5. Jasmine may be a firefighter.