Nov 10, 2016
- Complete the sentences using ‘needn’t …’ + one of these verbs:
ask ○ come ○ explain ○ leave ○ tell ○ walk - We’ve got plenty of time. We yet.
I can manage the shopping alone. You with me.
We all the way home. We can get a taxi.
Just help yourself if you’d like something to eat. You first.
We can keep this a secret between ourselves. We anybody else.
I understand the situation perfectly. You further.
- We’ve got plenty of time. We yet.
- Complete the sentences with ‘must’, ‘mustn’t’ or ‘needn’t’.
- We haven’t got much time. We . . . hurry.
- must
- mustn’t
- needn’t
- We’ve got plenty of time. We . . . hurry.
- must
- mustn’t
- needn’t
- We have enough food at home so we . . . go shopping today.
- must
- mustn’t
- needn’t
- Jim gave me a letter to post. I . . . remember to post it.
- must
- mustn’t
- needn’t
- Jim gave me a letter to post. I . . . forget to post it.
- must
- mustn’t
- needn’t
- There’s plenty of time for you to make up your mind. You . . . decide now.
- must
- mustn’t
- needn’t
- You . . . wash those tomatoes. They’ve already been washed.
- must
- mustn’t
- needn’t
- This is a valuable book. You . . . look after it carefully and you . . . lose it.
- must
- mustn’t
- needn’t
- ‘What sort of house do you want to buy? Something big?’ ~ ‘Well, it . . . be big—that’s not important. But it . . . have a nice garden—that’s essential.’
- must
- mustn’t
- needn’t
- We haven’t got much time. We . . . hurry.
- Read the situations and make sentences with ‘needn’t have’.
- George went out. He took an umbrella because he thought it was going to rain. But it didn’t rain.
He - Ann bought some eggs when she went shopping. When she got home, she found that she already had plenty of eggs.
She - A friend got angry with you and shouted at you. You think this was unnecessary. Later you say to him/her:
You - Brian had no money, so he sold his car. A few days later he won some money in a lottery.
He - When we went on holiday, we took the camera with us but we didn’t use it in the end.
- I thought I was going to miss my train so I rushed to the station. But the train was late and in the end I had to wait 20 minutes.
- George went out. He took an umbrella because he thought it was going to rain. But it didn’t rain.
- Write two sentences for each situation. Use ‘needn’t have’ in the first sentence and ‘could have’ in the second (as in the example). For ‘could have’ see Unit 27.
- Why did you rush? Why didn’t you take your time?
- Why did you walk home? Why didn’t you take a taxi?
- Why did you stay at a hotel? Why didn’t you stay with us?
- Why did she phone me in the middle of the night? Why didn’t she phone me in the morning?
- Why did you leave without saying anything? Why didn’t you say goodbye to me?
- Why did you rush? Why didn’t you take your time?
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