must & have to - don’t have to

For rules, obligations, necessities.

You have to turn off your mobile phone when you are on the plane.
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You must turn off your mobile phone when you are on the plane.
Shop assistants, box office workers and flight attendants have to /
must be polite to their customers.
Students have to / must finish their assignments before the deadline.
You must / have to work hard to be successful at work or at school.
You must / have to practice every day in order to learn to drive in traffic.
 mustn’t

for prohibitions

You mustn’t take photos here.

Students mustn’t shout in the classroom.
You mustn’t eat or drink in the library.
Students mustn’t cheat in the exams.
 not have to

for lack of necessity (it is not necessary)

Tickets are free. We don’t have to

pay for the concert tickets.

(It is not necessary for us to pay for the concert

tickets because they are free.)
Students don’t have to go to school on weekends because lessons are
on weekdays.

It is not necessary for students to go to school on weekends.

We don’t have to attend the meeting. Only the deputy managers have
to attend the meeting.

It is not necessary for us to attend the meeting.

We don’t have to pay for the drinks; they are free.

It is not necessary for us to pay for the drinks.

The restaurant isn’t busy today; we don’t have to make a reservation.

It is not necessary to make a reservation.

 practice

Rewrite the sentences keeping the same meaning.

Samuel has an easy job; it is not necessary for him to work hard.

Samuel has an easy job, so he doesn’t have to work hard

___________________________________.
 It is a rule for high school students to wear uniforms.

High school students ______________________________________.

must / have to wear uniforms
Jenny is an archaeology student; it is necessary for her to read a lot of
archaeology books.

has to read
Jenny is an archaeology student; she __________________________a
lot of archaeology books.
 practice 2

Use the prompts to make sentences. Make ONE sentence for each
using “must - mustn’t - have to - don’t have to”. Add the necessary
words. Make the necessary changes.Do not change the order of the
prompts.
 you / not / drive / after / drink / alcohol / it / dangerous.

You mustn’t drive after you drink alcohol. It is dangerous.

REMEMBER “ SHOULD”

You shouldn’t drive after you drink alcohol. It is dangerous.

 Marcus / work / really hard / these days / so / he / go / holiday.

Marcus is working really hard these days, so he should / must / has to

go on holiday.
I / go / bookstore / and / buy / book / because / I / read / ebooks / phone.

I don’t have to go to a bookstore and buy books because I (can) read

ebooks on my phone.
 How many / exam / student / take / each semester?

How many exams do students have to take each semester?

 practice 3

Give answers to the questions.

 What are your responsibilities at home?

Do you have to do grocery shopping?

How many times a week do you have to do grocery shopping?

How about helping mom to do the dishes?

Do you have to do the dishes after

dinner?
How about the laundry?

Do you have to do the laundry?

What are your other responsibilities? What else do you have to do?