MUST, HAVE TO, CAN

When there is permission to do something, you

say CAN
E.g.:
I can access the university through any of its five doors.
 Whenthere
When thereisisno
nopermission
permissiontotodo
dosomething,
something,you
yousay
say
CAN’TororMUSTN’T
CAN’T MUSTN’T
E.g.:
E.g.:
- I can’t eat lunch in the classrooms.
- I can’t eat lunch in the classrooms.
- -You
Youmustn’t
mustn’tuse
usethe
theclassroom
classroom
computerswithout
computers withoutaaprofessor
professor
supervisingyou.
supervising you.
MUST and HAVE TO mean something is necessary.
E.g.:
must
We
have tocover five book units this level.
MUSTN’T means something is prohibited.
E.g.:
We mustn’t smoke inside the classrooms.

DON’T HAVE TO means something is not necessary.

E.g.:
We don’t have to come to class on Sunday.