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have to / has to
LISTA DE COTEJO
TURNO: Vespertino
Equipo: Anexar nombre completo comenzando por apellido paterno, en orden alfabético y
número de lista.
FORMS
QUESTION FORM
POSITIVE
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I Have to Run
He Has to Study
It Has to Work
We Have to Speak
NEGATIVE
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He Doesn´t Have to Study
QUESTION
DO I Have to
Run ?
DO You Have to
Eat ?
DOES He Have to
Study ?
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DOES She Have to
Play ?
DOES It Have to
Work ?
DO We Have to
Speak ?
DO They Have to
Rent ?
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You have to come visit us soon.
You really have to see the doctor about that cough.
You have got to come visit us soon.
Structure of have to
Have to is often grouped with modal auxiliary verbs for convenience, but in fact it
is not a modal verb. It is not even an auxiliary verb. In the have to structure, "have"
is a main verb.
Look at
USE OF HAVE TO
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In general, have to expresses impersonal obligation. The subject of have to is
obliged or forced to act by a separate, external power (for example, the Law or
school rules). Have to is objective. Look at these examples:
In each of the above cases, the obligation is not the subject's opinion or idea. The
obligation comes from outside.
We can use have to in all tenses, and also with modal auxiliaries. We conjugate it
just like any other main verb. Here are some examples:
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PRESENT SHE IS HAVIN TO WAIT.
CONTINUOU G
S
When we say he doesn't have to take his medicine, we mean that he is not
obligated to take his medicine. (Lack of necessity).
EXAMPLES
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She has to buy new dictionary for
school.
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You don’t have to cook dinner.
REFERENCES
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