Have to / must / be supposed to

Have to / must
Usage:
✔ To express obligation when there is no choice of action
✔ To express necessity

All applicants must take an entrance exam.

I have to talk to her about our lunch date tomorrow.

 Have to / has to + base form of the verb

 I have to wake up early every day to go to work.

 He has to wear a tie to work.

 We have to leave now or we will miss our train.

Must + base form of the verb

 You must wear uniform to school.

 He must wash his hands before doing surgery.

 We must speak quietly in a hospital.

Don’t have to / mustn’t
Usage:
✔ Don’t have to expresses the lack of obligation
✔ Mustn’t expresses prohibition.

I can hear you. You don’t have to shout.

You mustn’t tell anyone my secret.

 Don’t/ Doesn’t + have to + base form of the verb

 I don’t have to wake up early every day to go to work.

 He doesn’t have to wear a tie to work.

 We don’t have to leave now or we will miss our train.

Must + not + base form of the verb

 I mustn’t go out without wearing a scarf.

 She mustn’t stay out late.

 We mustn’t smoke in a hospital.

Be supposed to
Be supposed to

Usage:
✔ To express the idea that someone expects something to happen
✔ To express expectations about scheduled events
✔ To express expectations about behavior
 Affirmative Statement

Subject + be (am, is, are) + supposed to + base form of the verb

The game is supposed to begin at 10:00.

We are supposed to recycle paper and plastic.

Everyone is supposed to vote.

 Negative Statement

Subject + be (am, is, are) + not + supposed to + base form of the verb

The game isn’t supposed to begin at 10:00.

We aren’t supposed to recycle paper and plastic.

Everyone isn’t supposed to vote.

Yes/ No Questions
Be (am, is, are) + subject + supposed to + base form of the verb

• Are we supposed to recycle paper?

• Is she supposed to give presentation today?

Nice work!