A computer on your wrist

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the words (1)Vocabulary exercise
4. 4Guess the words (2)Vocabulary exercise
5. 5Check the wordsVocabulary
6. 6Check your understandingReading comprehension
7. 7Listen: Maya's smartwatch reviewListening comprehension
8. 8Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
9. 9What does it mean?Grammar exercise
10. 10Find might and mayGrammar exercise
11. 11might and mayGrammar rule
12. 12Sure or not sure?Grammar exercise
13. 13Nina's weekendGrammar exercise
14. 14Say it right: might and maySpeaking practice
15. 15Why? Three possible reasonsSpeaking practice
16. 16Let's discussDiscussion
17. 17Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: closest meaningVocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: find the mistakeGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: a short reviewDiscussion

Words

• wrist/rɪst/

  the part of your body between your hand and your arm

• battery/ˈbætəri/

  a thing that stores electricity, for example in a phone, a toy or a car

• charge/tʃɑːrdʒ/

  to put electricity into a phone, a watch or a car so that it works (charge your phone)

• feature/ˈfiːtʃər/

  one of the things that a phone, a car or an app can do or has

• track/træk/

  to follow and record something, like your steps, your sleep or a package

• notification/ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/

  a short message that a phone or an app shows you, like a new text or a reminder

• traditional/trəˈdɪʃənl/

  of the old, usual kind that people have used or done for a long time

• practical/ˈpræktɪkl/

  useful and easy to use in real life

• motivate/ˈmoʊtɪveɪt/

  to make someone want to do something (motivate someone to do something)

• guilty/ˈɡɪlti/

  feeling bad because you did something wrong, or didn't do something you should

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about watches and phones.

1. Are you wearing a watch right now? What kind is it?
2. How do you usually check the time during the day?
3. Do you use any health apps on your phone? Which ones?

Grammar rule

might and may

might / may + verb: it is possible

	Example
Positive	A smartwatch might help you. It may rain later.
Negative	You might not need one. The store may not be open.
Sure? Use will.	It will rain. (sure) It might rain. (not sure)

might and may mean "maybe, it is possible", now or in the future. They mean almost the same thing. In conversation, Americans usually say might; may is a little more formal.

After might and may, use the base verb: she might go (not she might goes or she might to go), it may be (not it may is). The negative is might not or may not (not I don't might).

maybe (one word) = perhaps: Maybe it is broken. may be (two words) = might be: It may be broken.

Don't use can for a guess: not It can rain tomorrow or He can be sick, but It might rain tomorrow, He may be sick. could is fine too: It could rain.

In yes/no questions, don't use may for a guess (May I…? asks for permission), and Might…? sounds very formal: ask "Do you think it will rain?" With what or why, might is fine: What might happen?