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Date: o6 sept 2020 GUIDE # 2

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Program: Administracion de empresas.

TALKING ABOUT RULES

“No bird soars


too high, if he
soars with his
own wings."
MODAL VERBS OF OBLIGATION

We can use  have to + infinitive, 


must + infinitive  and 
should + infinitive to express obligation

PRESENT POSITIVE NEGATIVE

No obligation
Strong obligation (possibly from outside)
 I don't have to work on
have to /
 Children have to go to school. Sundays
don't have to
 You don't have to eat anything
(sometimes 'have got to')
you don't like.

Strong obligation (possibly based on the speaker's Negative obligation


must / mustn't opinion)

 I must study today.  You mustn't smoke here.

Mild obligation or advice


Mild negative obligation or advice
should / shouldn't
 You should save some money.  You shouldn't smoke so much.

Be careful about the difference between mustn't and don't have to!

Mustn't means it's not allowed, or it's a bad idea:

Example: You mustn't eat so much chocolate, you'll be sick

Don't have to means you don't need to do something, but it's fine if you want to do it:

Example: I don't have to get up early at the weekend


(of course, if I want to get up early, that's fine, but I can stay in bed if I
want).

Practice Writing
1. Look at the picture. Ask and answer question. Then write a suggestion for their problems.
1. Bent 2. Alison 3. Jeffrey 4. Marta

1. What´s wrong with Bent? He has a headache; he should take some aspirin.
2. What´s wrong with Alison? She is overweight; she should exercise.
3. What´s wrong with Jeffrey? He lost a tooth; he should go to the dentist.
4. What´s wrong with Marta? She is exhausted; she should drink a nap.

2. Choose the best answer

 Can you tell Deborah that she must __ me  __ pay in advance?


tomorrow?
a. calls a. Do we must
b. call b. Do we to must
c. to call c. Must we

 He __ learn to read and write his name  We have __ early tomorrow.


before he goes to school.
a. to leave
a. must b. leave
b. musts c. leaves
c. must to
 __ wear a uniform?  I __ get up early tomorrow.
a. Has he to a. haven't to
b. Does he has to b. don't have to
c. Does he have to c. don't to

3. Put in 'mustn't' or 'don't / doesn't have to':

 We have a lot of work tomorrow. You mustn’t be late.


 You mustn’t tell anyone what I just told you. It's a secret.
 The museum is free. You don’t have to pay to get in.
 Children mustn’t tell lies. It's very naughty.
 John's a millionaire. He doesn’t have to go to work.
 I don’t have to do my washing because my mother does it for me.
 You mustn’t smoke inside the school.
 I don’t have to clean the floor today because I cleaned it yesterday.
 We mustn’t forget to lock all the doors before we leave.
 They don’t have to get up early today, because it's Sunday.
 I mustn’t eat too much cake or I'll get fat!
 We mustn’t be late for the exam.
 He doesn’t have to cook tonight because he's going to a restaurant.

Practice Listening
4. Answer the question by using the modal SHOULD according to the advice of every single person in
the picture.

What should the man, who is cold do?


He thinks, he should He thinks, he should
Star in bed and rest. Drink a lemon tea.

She thinks, he should take She thinks, he should


A nice hot a shower. Drink chicken soup.

5. Answer the following questions according to the video. Look at the examples:

 Herber´s Party

a. Can the Chinese woman go to the Herber’s Party?


No, she can´t. She has to work_____________________________

b. Can the girl and the boy in cap go to the Herber’s Party?
No, they can’t. They have to clean a house.

c. Can their children go to the Herber’s Party?


No, they can’t. They have to do homework.

d. Can the old woman go to the Herber’s Party?


No she can’t. She has to go the dentist.

e. Can Michael go to the Herber’s Party?


No, he can’t. He has to go the doctor.

Practice Speaking
a. Make a conversation using this expressions and show it in class
Invitations
Some Answers
 How about… ing  That sounds great
 Would you like  I would like to
to…  I´d love to
 Do you want to… but…

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