MAY BE (Modal Verb) & MAYBE (Adverb)

• May be: May is used to express possibility – usually not a very certain one.

It's a modal verb so it's always followed by a bare infinitive. The bare infinitive of 'be' is… be! Using the two together, we can make a sentence: "Don't call her. She may be at work!"

•  Maybe is just one word. It's an adverb and it has a few uses.

Most commonly, it means 'perhaps' or 'possibly'. In this case, it's often the first word in the sentence. "Don’t' call her. Maybe she's at work! "

However, put it in front of an amount to mean 'around' or 'approximately'. "This video will be seen by maybe a million people. Make it happen, people!"

Exercise: 

1. Maybemay bemaybe I don't know her nephew will go to the snowmobiling later today.

2. His stepsister Maybemay bemaybe I don't know the first person to do snorkelling among her family.

3. Sweets Maybemay bemaybe I don't know dangerous to your teeth.

4. Maybemay bemaybe I don't know one day I will learn and do waterskiing.

5. Her sister Maybemay bemaybe I don't know the last person that she tells about her uncle's death.

6. My father Maybemay bemaybe I don't know able to fix my tablet which is out of work.

7. If my grandmother needs help, Maybemay bemaybe I don't know I will help her.

8. It Maybemay bemaybe I don't know the heaviest traffic jam I have ever seen.

9. Maybemay bemaybe I don't know, if you practise enough, you will learn sailboarding.

10. John: Mom, where are my inline skates? Mom: They Maybemay bemaybe I don't know in your room or on the stairs.

11. She Maybemay bemaybe I don't know able to continue her life without any help from her parents.

12. Maybemay bemaybe I don't know he can tell them about the game which they couldn't see last night.

13. I Maybemay bemaybe I don't know going to another city to visit my daughter.