In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 90 in MODALITY is defined as:
‘might’ in phrases, such as ‘as you might know’, ‘have already heard’, to focus the reader on shared knowledge.
1 AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, 6532
2 AS YOU MIGHT THINK. 3862
3 AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, 3657
4 AS YOU MIGHT HAVE GUESSED 2253
As you might have guessed, I’m a tissue engineer.
5 AS YOU MIGHT GUESS , 1541
6 AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT . 1295
7 AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT FROM 1066
8 AS YOU MIGHT KNOW , 939
9 AS YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED 833
10 AS YOU MIGHT THINK , 818
11 AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE . 651
12 AS YOU MIGHT SUSPECT , 421
13 AS YOU MIGHT BE ABLE 385
14 AS YOU MIGHT GUESS FROM 382
15 AS YOU MIGHT ALREADY KNOW 367
there were persons involved in last night‘s shooting
who are Wilson students.
16 AS YOU MIGHT HAVE ALREADY 284
17 AS YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD 263
18 AS YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN 237
19 AS YOU MIGHT WANT TO 222
20 AS YOU MIGHT RECALL , 211
21 AS YOU MIGHT THINK ! 207
22 AS YOU MIGHT HAVE EXPECTED 196
23 AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT WITH 171
24 AS YOU MIGHT , YOU 162
25 AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER , 150
26 AS YOU MIGHT LIKE . 147
27 AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT ) 135
28 AS YOU MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT 127
29 AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT THE 126
30 AS YOU MIGHT THINK IT 124
31 AS YOU MIGHT THINK AND 120
32 AS YOU MIGHT HOPE . 118
33 AS YOU MIGHT BE AWARE 117
34 AS YOU MIGHT HAVE GATHERED 116
35 AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT FOR 115
36 AS YOU MIGHT THINK TO 106
37 AS YOU MIGHT END UP 103
38 AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT OF 103
39 AS YOU MIGHT NEED TO 97
40 AS YOU MIGHT THINK ) 88
41 AS YOU MIGHT NOT BE 87
42 AS YOU MIGHT LIKE TO 86
43 AS YOU MIGHT HAVE READ 84
44 AS YOU MIGHT HAVE TO 80
45 AS YOU MIGHT NOTICE , 76
46 AS YOU MIGHT SAY , 68
47 AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER FROM 68
48 AS YOU MIGHT THINK 65
49 AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT IT 62
50 AS YOU MIGHT WITH A 62
51 AS YOU MIGHT THINK ; 60
52 AS YOU MIGHT BE , 56
53 AS YOU MIGHT GUESS . 56
54 AS YOU MIGHT IF YOU 56 (doesn’t refer to shared knowledge)
55 AS YOU MIGHT HAVE HOPED 54
56 AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT IN 51
57 AS YOU MIGHT LIKE , 51
58 AS YOU MIGHT THINK : 50
59 AS YOU MIGHT HAVE IMAGINED 49
60 AS YOU MIGHT HAVE A 49
61 AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT : 49
62 AS YOU MIGHT THINK. – 49
63 AS YOU MIGHT THINK BECAUSE 47
64 AS YOU MIGHT ASSUME , 47
A2 vocabulary:
already, guess, guessed, hope, hoped, might, notice
B1:
expect, expected, imagine, imagined, noticed