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    This document provides rules and examples for using different phrases to express lack of necessity in the past: 1) "We use didn't have to + infinitive when something was not necessary and it didn't happen." 2) "We use needn't have + past participle when something was not necessary and it did happen." 3) "We use didn't need to when something was not necessary. It can mean that it did happen or that it didn't happen." The document includes an exercise for learners to practice using these phrases to express when an action was not necessary in the past.

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    This document provides rules and examples for using different phrases to express lack of necessity in the past: 1) "We use didn't have to + infinitive when something was not necessary and it didn't happen." 2) "We use needn't have + past participle when something was not necessary and it did happen." 3) "We use didn't need to when something was not necessary. It can mean that it did happen or that it didn't happen." The document includes an exercise for learners to practice using these phrases to express when an action was not necessary in the past.

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    Necessity, lack

    of necessity
    Aja Čiutaitė, Monika Maksvytytė, Simas Leišys, Simas
    Šliogeris, Jonas Latakas.
    lack of
    Rules necessity
    necessity

    01 01 02
    We use needed to/ had to + We use didn't have to + infinitive We use needn't have + past
    infinitive to say that something was when something was not necessary participle when something was not
    necessary in the past. and it didn't happen. They didn't necessary and it did happen.
    have to take an exam at the end of
    Examples the course. (They didn't take an
    exam.)

    01 01 02
    We needed to speak to the They didn't have to take an exam at We needn't have run to the station.
    administrator before we could join the end of the course. The train was delayed, so we had
    the class. Then we had to sign some plenty of time.
    documents (They didn't take an exam.)
    (We ran to the station but it wasn't
    necessary.)
    Lack of necessity
    Rule Example
    03 03
    We didn't need to bring a book to
    We use didn't need to when
    read on the train. We spent the whole
    something was not necessary. It can
    journey chatting.
    mean that it did happen or that it
    didn't happen.
    (Maybe we brought a book and
    maybe we didn't, but a (Maybe we
    brought a book and mavhe book
    wasn't necessary.) 
    Exercise
    (You have 5 minutes to do this exercise, later on we will show the answers.)

    1. I ................... to tell her about the party. She already knew about it.
    2. I ................... to do the laundry myself. My sister already did that for me.
    3. I .................. take my umbrella. It wasn't raining outside.
    4. I .................... to wait, he was just on time.
    5. We ................ waited, he didn't show up.
    6. She ................ to take out the trash, because her brother took care of that.
    7. We ........... to attend classes, because it was summer.
    8. I ............... to finish it tonight, because I already did it.
    9. I ................. to phone my friend after all.
    10. You .............. come to meet me. I could have got the bus.
    Answers
    1. didn't have
    2. didn't need
    3. didn't need/didn't have
    4. didn't need
    5. needn't have
    6. didn't have
    7. didn't have
    8. didn't need
    9. didn't need
    10. needn't have
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR
    ATTENTION

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