Bài tập luyện tập Must Mustnt Neednt Need Dont need

EXERCISES 1. Complete the sentences using needn't + one of these verbs:

ask/ come/ explain/ leave/ tell/ walk 1. We've got plenty of time. We needn't leave yet. 2. I can manage the shopping alone. You _______________ with me. 3. We _______________ all the way home. We can get a taxi. 4. Just help yourself if you'd like something to eat. You _______________ first. 5. We can keep this a secret between ourselves. We _______________ anybody else. 6. I understand the situation perfectly. You _______________ further. MUST/ MUSTN’T/ NEEDN’T/ NEED/ DON’T NEED

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2 Complete the sentences with must, mustn't or needn't: 1. We haven't got much time. We must hurry. 2. We've got plenty of time. We needn't hurry. 3. We have enough food at home so we _________ go shopping today. 4. Jim gave me a letter to post. I _________ remember to post it. 5. Jim gave me a letter to post. I _________ forget to post it. 6. There's plenty of time for you to make up your mind. You _________ decide now. 7. You _________ wash those tomatoes. They've already been washed. 8. This is a valuable book. You _________ look after it carefully and you _________ lose it. 9. 'What sort of house do you want to buy? Something big?' 'Well, it _________ be big. I think that's not important. But it _________ have a nice garden. That's essential.' MUST/ MUSTN’T/ NEEDN’T/ NEED/ DON’T NEED

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3. Read the situations and make sentences with needn't have: 1. George went out. He took an umbrella because he thought it was going to rain. But it didn't rain. → He needn't have taken an umbrella. 2. Ann bought some eggs when she went shopping. When she got home, she found that she already had plenty of eggs. → She ______________________________________________________________ 3. A friend got angry with you and shouted at you. You think this was unnecessary. Later you say to him/her: → You ______________________________________________________________ 4. Brian had no money, so he sold his car. A few days later he won some money in a lottery. → He _______________________________________________________________ 5. When we went on holiday, we took the camera with us but we didn't use it in the end. → __________________________________________________________________ 6. 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. → _________________________________________________________________ MU

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4 Write two sentences for each situation. Use needn't have in the first sentence and could have in the second (as in the example):

1. Why did you rush? Why didn't you take your time? → You needn't have rushed. You could have taken your time. 2. Why did you walk home? Why didn't you take a taxi? → __________________________________________________________________ 3. Why did you stay at a hotel? Why didn't you stay with us? → __________________________________________________________________ 4. Why did she phone me in the middle of the night? Why didn't she phone me in the morning? → __________________________________________________________________ 5. Why did you leave without saying anything? Why didn't you say goodbye to me? → __________________________________________________________________ MU

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