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    Modal Verbs of Obligation

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    This document discusses modal verbs of obligation in English, including how to express obligation using "have to", "must", and "should". It provides the positive and negative forms of these modal verbs in both the present and past tense, and explains the differences between modal verbs like "mustn't" and "don't have to". Examples are given for each modal verb of obligation.

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    This document discusses modal verbs of obligation in English, including how to express obligation using "have to", "must", and "should". It provides the positive and negative forms of these modal verbs in both the present and past tense, and explains the differences between modal verbs like "mustn't" and "don't have to". Examples are given for each modal verb of obligation.

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    This document discusses modal verbs of obligation in English, including how to express obligation using "have to", "must", and "should". It provides the positive and negative forms of these modal verbs in both the present and past tense, and explains the differences between modal verbs like "mustn't" and "don't have to". Examples are given for each modal verb of obligation.

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    This document discusses modal verbs of obligation in English, including how to express obligation using "have to", "must", and "should". It provides the positive and negative forms of these modal verbs in both the present and past tense, and explains the differences between modal verbs like "mustn't" and "don't have to". Examples are given for each modal verb of obligation.

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    We can use have to + infinitive, must + infinitive and should + infinitive to express obligation (something
    you have to do).

    Present Positive Negative

    have to / strong obligation (possibly from outside) no obligation


    don't have to
    Children have to go to school. I don't have to work on Sundays.
    Welcome! I'm Seonaid and I hope you like the
    (sometimes 'have got to') website. Please contact me if you have any
    You don't have to eat anything you
    don't like. questions or comments.

    must / mustn't strong obligation (possibly based on the negative obligation


    speaker's opinion)
    You mustn't smoke here. Speak and write
    I must study today. more correct, more
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    should / shouldn't mild obligation or advice mild negative obligation or advice
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    You should save some money. You shouldn't smoke so much.
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    Don't have to means you don't need to do something, but it's fine if you want to do it:

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    Past Positive Negative

    had to / didn't have obligation in the past no obligation in the past Privacy policy here. We won't send you spam. Unsubscribe
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    I had to wear a school uniform We didn't have to go to school on
    when I was a child. Saturdays.

    must* changes to 'had to' -

    should have + pp / a past action which didn't happen: the


    a past action which didn't happen: the
    shouldn't have + pp advice / regret is too late
    advice / regret is too late
    You should have gone to bed
    You shouldn't have taken that job., it
    earlier, now you have missed the
    was a bad idea.
    train.

    * Remember 'must have done' is a modal verb of deduction or speculation, not obligation in the past. For
    example: Julie must have left. Her coat's not here. See modals of probabilty for more information.

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