Circle the correct answer

0 You don’t have to / mustn’t buy any equipment to go walking.

1 Do you have to / Must you wear special shoes for aerobics?

2 You don’t have to / mustn’t eat a lot before exercising. It isn’t good for you.

3 Joe was ill, so he had to / must miss football practice.

4 I don’t have to / mustn’t cycle to college, but I do it because I love cycling.

5 At my running club we have to / must jog slowly before we start running.

6 That was great! We have to / must play more often.

7 These jogging bottoms don’t fit me properly. I have to / must get some new ones.

8 Everyone can enjoy sport. You don’t have to / mustn’t be good at it.

Need (to)

• Need is a main verb with present, past, future and participle forms (need, needs, needing, needed), followed by to -infinitive: She needs to talk to you. Do you need to wash your hands? We needed to be home by five. They didn’t need to pay for the damage. You’ll need to be careful.

• It can also be a modal verb, followed by infinitive without to. This form is mainly used in negatives: You needn’t look so frightened! (= It isn’t necessary.)

• Compare these uses of need when talking about the past: We didn’t need to hurry because we had plenty of time. (= We didn’t hurry because it wasn’t necessary.)

We needn’t have hurried because the train was delayed. (= We hurried, but it wasn’t necessary.)

17. Complete the sentences. Use need/needs to or needn’t.

0 You...... needn’t...... change your clothes. Those are fine.

1 We...........................stop during the journey. We can’t drive all the way without a break.

2 We...........................take our bikes. We can walk there.

3 He...........................make some new friends. His old friends have moved away.

4 They...........................work harder. They aren’t doing enough at the moment.

5 You...........................walk home with me. I’ll be all right on my own.

6 She...........................meet us at the station. We can get the bus to her house.