We use the verbs must and have to to express obligation. See underlined parts in the dialogue. – must and mustn’t express a strong obligation or strong recommendation
You must show your passport when you go through Passport Control.
You smoke far too much! You really must cut down. You mustn’tworry! Your husband will be alright.
– have to expresses a general obligation based on rules or what other people tell you to do.
Hospital staff have to wear uniforms.
The doctor told me I have to take two tablets a day with meals.
– We only use mustto refer to the present or immediate future.
Have to is used to make the past.
She had to have a tetanus injection when she cut her finger with the bread knife.
– must has no infinitive, -ing form or participles. So we make these form with have to.
You’ll have to stay in bed at least a week, I’m afraid.
Kate hates having to get up early.
I’ve had to cancel my holiday because of the cholera epidemic.
Lesson 1: Obligation
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Categoria: Focus on functionMatch a sentence from the first column with a sentence in the second column.
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- You promised you would.
- He won’t answer the door otherwise.
- I feel so much fitter and so will you.
- I was advised by my doctor to go.
- I have some shopping to do.
- I’m speaking at a conference.
- The train is about to leave.
- There’s no bus.
- There won’t be any tickets left otherwise.
- You can’t get tickets at the door.
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You mustn’t forget to ring Fred.
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Don’t forget! You have to ring the bell first.
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You must come to the aerobics class.
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I had to see a specialist about my back.
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I really must go now.
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I have to go to Paris next week.
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You must hurry!
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The children have to walk to the station.
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You must book soon.
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We have to book in advance.
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Categoria: Focus on functionFill in the blanks with a suitable form of must or have to. Contracted forms, for example mustn’t, count as one word.
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1. Sally wear glasses since she was 8 years old.
2. I couldn’t go out last night because I study for an exam.
3. My husband doesn’t really mind work the night shift.
4. We leave soon or we’ll miss the last bus.
5. Will you take those tablets for the rest of your life?
6. Did you pay for that dermatological cream or did the doctor give it to you?
7. The children go in the pool without their arm bands on.
8. They book their flight on Internet.
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