So in the (B) sentences, both 'must' and 'have to' are possible. Click on the button beside the correct answer.
Modals of Necessity, Prohibition, and Permission - Exercise 1 Choose the correct modal to complete the sentence. For example, if we are speaking about a new film and I tell you 'You must see it', this doesn't mean you are obliged to see it - it's a way that I can express my opinion - in this case in the form of a strong recommendation. Modals of Necessity, Prohibition, and Permission - Exercise 1. 'you must do something' has a similar meaning, but it used more often in written rules and instructions (particularly in British English - this use is less frequent in American English) and is also used to express your opinion about an action. 'you have to do something' means it is necessary to do it or that you are obliged to do it. Please have a look there and if anything is still not clear after that, you are welcome to ask us again. I believe that all of your questions about the (A) sentences are answered on the Permission and Suggestions and obligations pages in this section.
But 'My father makes me do my homework' clearly shows that I do my homework. A great warm-up activity for a grammar revision on modal verbs would be finding the modal verbs and explaining their meanings in the context. For example, 'I must do my homework' means I need to do my homework, but it doesn't mean that I did it. Modal verbs are suitably implemented in the conversation according to their common uses. Kouyu zhong de zhudongci (Chinese modal auxiliary verbs in spoken. Notice that it's not clear whether we actually do the action that is considered necessary (or not necessary) - the rule is that we wear a mask on the bus, but maybe we don't actually do that.Ī sentence with causative 'make' is similar in that it expresses obligation, but it also shows that the action was performed. shows how corpus query data can be used to design exercises to expose learners to. 'You must wear a mask on the bus') or that it is necessary not to do something ('mustn't', e.g. For each sentence, choose the modal (should, can, must) that is most appropriate. You can read a bit more about 'must' and 'mustn't' in the Obligations section of our Suggestions and obligations page, but basically they express the idea that it is necessary to do something ('must', e.g. ESL RESOURCES topic: Basic Modals Exercise 1.