Can Have to Must. Must/Have to Practice. English Test Simple Past – Present Perfect Simple :: Test1. The Simple Past Tense - Crossword Puzzle for Elementary English Students. Irregular Past Tense Verbs - Sentence Matching Acitivity. Elementary English Grammar - Present Simple or Present Continuous? The past simple – irregular verbs. The present continuous. We use the present continuous (am/is/are + -ing) to talk about temporary things which have begun but haven't finished. They are often happening now, at this moment. Here are some examples of things happening now. I'm just uploading some photos to Facebook and I'm sending a message to Billie. We're all riding camels and the sun's shining. They're waiting for me to get off the phone! I'm not sure what 'temporary' means.
Can I say 'I'm learning to drive', even if I'm not having a driving lesson right now? Yes, absolutely! OK, I see what you mean. Yes, I’m glad you asked me that. At eight I’m meeting Lucas, just for a quick coffee. What about questions and negatives? For questions you just change round the subject and the verb to be. Are you working hard for the exam? For negatives you add not after the verb to be. You're not really studying at all, are you? That's fine, but I suppose there are some spelling rules for –ing forms? Yes, you're right. Have - having ride - riding begin - beginning. Have to, must and should for obligation and advice. We use have to / must / should + infinitive to talk about obligation, things that are necessary to do, or to give advice about things that are a good idea to do.
Must and have to are both used for obligation and are often quite similar. They are both followed by the infinitive. I must go now. / I have to go now. Are these exactly the same? Well, almost. We often use must for more personal opinions about what it is necessary to do, and have to for what somebody in authority has said it is necessary to do. I must remember to get a present for Daisy. Which verb do people use more? Have to is more frequent in conversation; must is used more in formal writing, for example in written notices. Passengers must fasten their seat-belts. Do they change in form for I, you, he, she, etc.? Have changes in the third person singular (he/she/it has); but must doesn’t change. I think I’ve heard have got to. Yes, we use both have got to, for obligation, and had better, for advice, a lot in speaking. No. Ah! Future forms. We have different ways of talking about the future. We often use going to (+ infinitive), the present continuous (to be + -ing) or will (+ infinitive).
The structure we use depends on the function of what we want to say, whether we are talking about arrangements, plans, predictions, etc. I thought will was the future tense in English. It’s one of the ways of talking about the future, but there are a few others. Let’s look at will to start with. Oliver’ll be back soon. We also use will when we decide something at the moment of speaking. (The doorbell rings) I’ll get it. So, you sometimes use the verb think before will?
Yes, that’s very common. I’m sure you’ll have a good time. You said will is used for decisions made at the moment of speaking. Then we can use either the present continuous or going to (+ infinitive). Amy’s coming round. Is there a difference between them? We use the present continuous more for arrangements with other people and be + going to + infinitive for intentions.
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