English Class

Smrt 115  English IV

Work on these pages and give me your score:

have to and don’t have to

http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/HaveTo1B.html

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/do_not_have_to.htm

·         We use have to to talk about strong obligation that comes from somewhere else, for example from you boss, you parents, a rule at school or work.

Examples:

I have to be home by ten. (My parents told me so.)
I must be home by ten. I have a very difficult day tomorrow. (It is my own decision.)

I have to get up early, because I start work at 8. (It is a rule.)
I should get up early. (Now I stay in bed until lunchtime.)

·         Don't have to means that there isn't any obligation at all,

     there is no need to do it.

Note: Don't have to is different from shouldn't and mustn't.