① 后接动词原形，表示对现在或将来的推测：

You may [might] be right. 你可能是对的。

He may [might] tell his wife. 他也许会告诉他妻子。

② 后接动词进行式，表示动作正在进行或将要发生：

I may [might] be going back in the fall. 我可能秋天回去。

She may [might] be waiting for us. 她可能在等我们。

They may [might] be going abroad next month. 他们可能在下个月出国。

③ 后接动词完成式，表示对过去可能发生的事进行推测：

She may [might] have read it in the papers. 她可能在报上已读到过此事。

He may [might] have gone to have his hair cut. 他可能理发去了。

They may have seen him. 他们可能见到过他。

I might have come to a wrong conclusion. 我或许得出了错误的结论。

might 后接动词的完成式，除表示对过去的推测外，还有以下用法(不用may)：

1) 表示过去某事可能发生而实际上却并没发生：

A lot of men died who might have been saved．很多人本来可以获救的却死了。

It was really very dangerous. I might have killed myself. 那真的是太危险了，我差点没命了。

2) 表示委婉的批评或责备：

You might have made greater progress. 你的进步本来可更大一些的。

You might at least have answered my letter. 你至少可以回我一封信嘛。

三、may和can表推测时的区别

can和may均可表示推测，can用于否定句和疑问句，may用于肯定句和否定式。两者均可用于否定句，但是含义不同：cannot=不可能，may not=可能不。比较：

It can't be true. 这不可能是真的。

It may not be true. 这可能不是真的。

四、如何加强推测的语气

若要加强推测的语气，表示较大的可能性，可在may, might后加副词well：

You may well be right. 你很可能是对的。

That may well have been their intention．这很可能是他们的意图。

【注】could表推测时也可后接well来加强语气。