UNIT 8: Grammar Check
GROUP A
Name:  ________________________
Class:  ________________________
8.4 Modal verbs for obligation and
prohibition: must and have to
1 Complete the dialogue with must, have to or
allowed to.
A: 0 Do we have to wait (we/wait) for Jim? He’s so
slow.
B: Mum said he 1 ___________________________
(finish) his homework first and we
2
___________________________ (leave)
without him. I promised I’d look after him.
A: Why 3 ___________________________
(you/look) after him?
B: Because he’s too young and
4
___________________________ (not/be) left on
his own. You know that.
A: Of course. Sorry. Will
5
___________________________ (he/go) on the
rides at the fair or is he too small?
B: Mum says he ___________________________
6 We ________________________________ Jim
(go) on the roller coaster, but he can go on the
smaller ones. But one of us
7
___________________________ (go) with him.
A: What time ___________________________
8 ________________________________ a ticket
(we/be) back?
B: We 9 ___________________________ (not/be)
back until six this evening.
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2 Complete the second sentence so that it
means the same as the first one. Use the word
in brackets.
0 You are not allowed to write in the books. (must)
You mustn’t write in the books.
1 It’s not necessary to finish the essay today. (have)
We ________________________________ the
essay today.
2 It was necessary for you to speak to him. (had)
You ________________________________ to
him.
3 We mustn’t talk in class. (allowed)
We ________________________________ in
class.
4 It won’t be necessary to take Jim with us. (have)
with us.
5 Is it necessary to buy a ticket before you go?
(have)
before you go?
6 They have to give their homework to the teacher.
(must)
They ________________________________
their homework to the teacher.
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