Modals used to make/to ask for some advice

- Should: is used when the advice is plain without any insistence. Should is generally used
when asking for advice or recommendation.

E.g: What should I do when my phone is frozen?

You should frequently delete unnecessary files in your phone.

- When you would like to insist on your suggestion/advice, use must

e.g: what should I do to improve my English?

You must regularly practise.

- In addition to those two modal forms, you can also use “had better” to make some advice.
Mainly when you think that it is important that the person do it.

d) Obligation, ban, absence of obligation

- Must is used when the obligation to do something comes from the speaker.

e.g: I must work hard to succeed.

- “Have to” is used when the obligation is imposed by external people or when it is imposed
by law/regulations.

e.g: I have to finish the programming of the computer by next week. (The deadline is given to
me by the owner of the computer.)

- Must not is used is used to express what is forbidden

e.g: You must not cheat during a test.

- Don’t have to or doesn’t have to is used to express an absence of obligation (i.e the person
has the option to do or not to do)

e.g: You don’t have to be the best to succeed but you have to do your best to be successful