may | might + FUTURE CONTINUOUS

C1 English Grammar Profile point 65 in the category of future is defined as:

EXPECTATIONS WITH ‘MIGHT’ OR ‘MAY’ potentially in progress at a specified or understood time in the future.

A search in iWeb:

might|may_V be _VVG

*Not all of these are about the future.  

1 MAY BE WONDERING 10730
2 MAY BE LOOKING 8324
3 MIGHT BE WONDERING 7987
4 MIGHT BE THINKING 7391
5 MAY BE THINKING 7149
6 MAY BE GETTING 6002
7 MAY BE USING 5831
8 MIGHT BE LOOKING 5773
9 MAY BE EXPERIENCING 5727
10 MAY BE CAUSING 5517
11 MAY BE MISSING 5009
12 MIGHT BE GOING 4713
13 MIGHT BE GETTING 4675

My dad says my parents might be getting a divorce.

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14 MAY BE COMING 4655
15 MAY BE GOING 4553

Jack, I may be going out on a limb here, but you don’t seem like a happy camper.

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16 MAY BE ASKING 4166
17 MAY BE TAKING 3858
18 MAY BE TRYING 3851
19 MIGHT BE CAUSING 3654
20 MAY BE WORKING 3448
21 MAY BE SUFFERING 3397
22 MIGHT BE MISSING 3258
23 MAY BE FEELING 3203
24 MIGHT BE USING 3149
25 MIGHT BE ASKING 2953
26 MIGHT BE COMING 2865
27 MAY BE MAKING 2834
28 MAY BE FACING 2702
29 MAY BE RUNNING 2231
30 MIGHT BE TRYING 2138
31 MAY BE STRUGGLING 2056
32 MIGHT BE MAKING 2024
33 MIGHT BE FEELING 1996
34 MIGHT BE WORKING 1972
35 MAY BE CONTRIBUTING 1966
36 MIGHT BE HAPPENING 1825
37 MAY BE CHANGING 1787
38 MIGHT BE TAKING 1785
39 MAY BE LACKING 1706
40 MAY BE SEEING 1695
41 MAY BE DEALING 1609
42 MAY BE HAPPENING 1598
43 MAY BE AFFECTING 1561
44 MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING 1487
45 MAY BE CONSIDERING 1468
46 MAY BE HOLDING 1433
47 MAY BE MOVING 1418
48 MAY BE STARTING 1392
49 MAY BE LOSING 1377
50 MIGHT BE SAYING 1337
51 MAY BE PUTTING 1282
52 MAY BE WAITING 1272
53 MIGHT BE RUNNING 1268
54 MAY BE PLAYING 1233
55 MAY BE PAYING 1217
56 MAY BE GIVING 1168
57 MAY BE LIVING 1167
58 MIGHT BE SEEING 1105
59 MAY BE PLANNING 1101
60 MIGHT BE PLAYING 1101
61 MAY BE SAYING 1098
62 MAY BE CHALLENGING 1077
63 MAY BE READING 1075
64 MAY BE HIDING 1074
65 MIGHT BE SUFFERING 1061
66 MIGHT BE FACING 1032
67 MAY BE HEADING 933

And I‘m going to share with you today where this technology is at and where it just may be heading in the near future.

 

68 MIGHT BE READING 906
69 MAY BE TELLING 885
70 MAY BE OCCURRING 882
71 MAY BE SEEKING 880
72 MIGHT BE TALKING 852
73 MIGHT BE HIDING 840
74 MAY BE TALKING 835
75 MAY BE CARRYING 834
76 MIGHT BE STRUGGLING 830
77 MAY BE RECEIVING 820
78 MIGHT BE WAITING 781
79 MAY BE SITTING 773
80 MAY BE DRIVING 760
81 MAY BE HELPING 738
82 MIGHT BE MOVING 724
83 MAY BE LEAVING 703
84 MIGHT BE PUSHING 685
85 MAY BE ACTING 683
86 MIGHT BE CHANGING 680
87 MIGHT BE GIVING 674
88 MIGHT BE HOLDING 674
89 MIGHT BE STARTING 674
90 MAY BE TURNING 666
91 MAY BE REFERRING 664
92 MAY BE PREVENTING 663
93 MAY BE PUSHING 654
94 MAY BE CREATING 649
95 MAY BE SHOWING 648
96 MAY BE WEARING 637
97 MIGHT BE DEALING 635
98 MIGHT BE CONSIDERING 631
99 MIGHT BE LOSING 630
100 MIGHT BE PLANNING 626

B2 vocabulary:  affecting, causing, contributing, heading, lacking, occurring, seeking, struggling, suffering

 

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