Después de aprender I vs Me, en está lección aprenderás Must vs Have To.
¿Cuál es la diferencia entre MUST y HAVE TO?
Tanto Must como Have To se utilizan para hablar sobre acciones que deben realizarse. Veamos el diferencias entre cada uno:
Must:
- Must has more sense of urgency
- Must is an auxiliary verb so we don’t use “to” before the verb (infinitive)
- Must is only used in the present
Have to:
- Have to is a main verb that is used with: do/does (present), did (past), will (future)
- Have to can be used in: present, past (had), future (will),
Examples:
- I had to go to my grandparents’ house last Sunday with my family.
- I don’t have to pay my tuition until I finish the University.
- If I don’t finish my homework today, I will have to do it tomorrow.
- People mustn’t drive if they are tired. It is very dangerous.
- My father must take his medicine everyday or he will die.
- I had to pay my speeding ticket yesterday.
- She had to give a presentation to her boss.
- I will have to leave work early tomorrow.
- I must leave work early tomorrow
Questions:
- Do you have to go to work on Saturdays?
- Must drivers wear their seat belts at all times?
- Did you have to make your bed every morning when you were a child?
- What is the 1st thing you must do when you arrive to work?
- Tell me one thing you must do everyday?
- When do you have to finish the report?
- Must you leave right now? (Possible, though rare. More likely in British English)
- Do you have to leave right now? (Much more common in general spoken English)
Have to vs. Have got to
In informal English, have got to is sometimes used instead of have to.
Examples:
- I’ve got to tidy my room before I can go out.
- I have got to tidy my room before I can go out.
- I have to tidy my room before I can go out.
- We’ve got to study for the exam. (We must study for the exam)
- She’s got to bring her ticket or she won’t get in. (She must bring her ticket, or she has to bring her ticket)
- He’s got to be more patient. (He must be more patient)
- I have to wash the dishes.
- I’ve got to wash the dishes.
En la próxima lección aprederás Future Perfect Continuous.
