Ex. 234. Complete the gaps in these sentences with a word or phrase from the box

1. You __________ smoke in the library.

2. It’s free to get in: you _____________ pay.

3. I missed my train and I ______________ wait half an hour for the next one.

4. It’s not a direct flight to New Zealand: you ______________ change planes at Bangkok.

5. There were only two people in front of me in the queue so I ____________ wait long.

6. Don’t cry, Jessica – you ____________play with John if you don’t want to.

7. Children ___________walk on the railway line.

8. I ___________ remember to post this letter.

Ex. 235. Fill in the gaps with mustn’t or needn’t.

Use each verb twice.

1. Carol __mustn’t help__ you with your homework. It’s important that you do it yourself.

2. You __needn’t help__ with the shopping. John has already done it.

3. We ____________________ Bill about his holidays. He doesn’t want to talk about it.

4. I just want a general idea of the story so I _________________________ all the book.

5. You ___________________ Harry for the answer. I can tell you.

6. You look really tired. You studied all last night, so tonight you _________________.

7. You ____________________yet! You haven’t had anything to eat.

8. You ____________________ my letter. They’re private.

9. We _____________________ yet. We’ve got plenty of time to get to the station.

10. I’m sure the shop won’t be busy so you_____________________ if you don’t want to.

Ex. 237. Read the situation and make sentences with needn’t have.

1. Paul 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. Linda bought some eggs when she went shopping. When she got home, she found that she

already had plenty of eggs. She __________________

3. A colleague got angry with you at work. He shouted at you, which you think was unnecessary.

Later you say to him: You ______________________

4. Brain had money problems, so he sold his car. A few days later he won some money in

a lottery. He ________________________________

5. We took a camcorder with us on holidays, but we didn’t use it in the end.

We ________

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 twenty minutes. ___________

Сравните:

I needn’t have doneit.Можно было не делать (а я сделал)

I didn’t have to do it. Можно было не делать (я и не делал)

Ex. 238. Say the whole sentence in English. Use need or have to.

Ex. 239. Match the English sentences with their equivalents in Russian.