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MODAL VERBS Obligation and Prohibition
MODAL VERBS Obligation and Prohibition
HAVE TO
MUST
SHOULD
OBLIGATION or something that is necessary to do
HAVE TO MUST
It is a normal verb and it exits in all tenses and It is a modal verb. It only exists in the present,
forms. but it can be used with a future meaning.
More common for general, external obligations, More common for specific or personal
for example rules and laws. obligations.
I have to wear a shirt and a tie at work. (=it’s I must buy a new shirt - this one is too old now.
the rule in this company) (= It’s my own decision)
PROHIBITION
You should take/ ought to take warm clothes with you to Siberia.
You shouldn’t / ought not to drink so much coffee. It isn’t good for you.
I think the government should do something about unemployment.