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EXERCISE 1. Fill in the blanks with MUST / MUSTN’T / HAVE TO / NOT HAVE TO

Ronaldo can go to Brazil next week because he ________________ attend the training.

You ______________ buy that CD. We have got so many Cds at home.

Look at my car. It’s really dirty. I ____________ wash it as soon as possible.

I have just ordered some pizza. You ____________ cook anything tonight.

Since Alex de Souza was injured in the middle of the match, he ___________ leave the pitch.

You ___________ remember what I said to you. It’s very important.

You ___________ put the chains on the wheels. It’s going to be snowy.

Tayfun ___________ buy a new CD player. He can use mine.

In Turkey all men _____________ do military service.

You __________ prepare an impressive CV before applying a job.

EXERCISE 2. Fill in the blanks with MUST / MUSTN’T / CAN / CAN’T / HAVE TO / DON’T HAVE TO

My mother has told me to buy some batteries. I ___________ forget to buy some.

The old lady is sleeping. You _____________ turn down the volume.

You ____________ walk on the grass. It’s forbidden.

I’m sorry I couldn’t come yesterday. I _____________ visit a very important client.

We’ve got a lot of time. You ____________ hurry.

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EXERCISE 1. 1) doesn’t have to 2) don’t have to 3) must 4) don’t have to 5) had to 6) must 7) don’t have to 8) doesn’t have to 9) have to 10) must

EXERCISE 2) 1) mustn’t 2) must 3) mustn’t 4) had to 5) don’t have to

PROHIBITION

mustn’t

We use “mustn’t” when something is forbidden to do.

• You mustn’t take photos in this museum because it gives harm to the monuments.
• In Turkey you mustn’t smoke in public places.

• Parking here is forbidden = You mustn’t park here.

can’t

We use “can’t” when we are not allowed to something.

• You are not allowed to enter this room = You can’t enter this room.
• She can’t use the manager’s computer. ( She’s not allowed. )

ABSENCE OF NECESSITY

DON’T HAVE TO / DON’T NEED TO

We use “don’t have to” or “don’t need to” when something isn’t necessary to do.

Check the examples:

• Mr.Ozan is a primary school teacher, so he doesn’t have to work in summers.
• We have a lot of milk in the fridge. You don’t need to buy any.
• Burak and Kemal don’t have to go to the office everyday. They can work from home.

• I don’t have to get up early tomorrow since my boss is on holiday.

didn’t have to / didn’t need to is the past form.

• Did you have to work last weekend?
• We didn’t need to attend every conference last year.

MUST / HAVE TO

OBLIGATION / NECESSITY

HAVE TO

We use “have to” when the necessity comes from outside the speaker or when others decide for the speaker.

Check these examples:

• All the primary school students in Turkey have to wear a blue unifrom.
• All the men in Turkey who are 18 years old or older have to do their military service.
• Cenk has to wear a suit at work. ( The company’s board decided )
• Before entering the factory, all the workers have to sign the attendance book.
• As it is an international company Murat has to work on Saturdays to deal with the customers.

All of the necessities in the examples above come from outside the speaker.

Past form of “have to” is “had to”

Check these examples:

• When I was in the army I had to shave everymorning.
• Linda had to fill an application form to be a candidate for the position in the company.
• When I was a child, I had to go to bed at 9p.m.
• In my previous job all the ladies had to wear a tie.

We use “will have to” for future necessities.

• Mrs.Hanks will have to work in summers in her new job.
• If Burak is promoted, he will have to check the reports everyday.

MUST

We use “must” for the necessities that the speaker decides himself. Must is used only in present and future.

• I cough a lot in the evenings. I must stop smoking. ( I decided myself )
• As Meral has a very important exam tomorrow morning she must go to bed early.
• This client is a very serious man so we must prepare everything very carefully.
• I must save money to buy that house.

Past form of “must” is “had to”.

• I had to get a taxi for work yesterday because I was late.
• In order to get to the office, I had to take three buses last year.
• She had to work last Saturday because she couldn’t finish the reports.

Find out; Find something out

Check these sentences.

After three hours I finally found out how that machine had broken down.

Detective Mahir found out a very important evidence about the murder.

Please call me when you find out the answer.

When I entered my room, I found out that I had forgotten to shut my computer down.

MEANING

find out = to discover. ( bulmak )

 You can find most used 1127 English words with their Turkish meanings in the link below.

SIK KULLANILAN 1127 kelime ve TÜRKÇE ANLAMLARI.

second-1127-words

GET OVER

Check these sentences

After I had a traffic accident, it took me a long time to get over its negative effects.

As she’s very weak, she can’t get over the flu easily.

I couldn’t get over the divorce for a long time. However, I’m fine now.

Once you get over the first shock, everything will be OK.

Murat couldn’t get over the tragedies in his life and he decided to commit a suicide.

MEANING

get over = to recover from, release from stress or something bad.

SIMPLE PRESENT or PRESENT CONTINUOUS

EXERCISE 1. Fill in the blanks. Use Simple Present or Present Continuous Tense

1. A: Where’s Nuray?     B: She’s in her room. She _______________ ( play ) a computer game.

2. This room ______________ ( feel ) hot. Would you mind opening the window please?

3. Shhh! Listen! Someone _______________ ( make ) noise in the garden.

4. I normally _____________( play)  tennis at the weekends but this weekend I _____________ ( play ) squash with Berk.

5. I ____________ ( taste ) the milk at the moment. Ohh! It’s very hot.

6. Because it’s really hot, Melek ___________ ( want ) to eat some ice-cream.

7. Cenk _____________ ( not understand ) how Murat’s found the correct answer.

8. She ____________ ( fly ) to Athens on Monday.

9. Our toys shop _____________ ( open ) at 9 a.m. and ____________ ( close ) at 8 p.m.

10. Look at the boy. He ______________ ( walk ) fast.

EXERCISE 2. Complete the story by using Simple Present or Present Cont.

Dear Nihat

As you ____________ 1( know ), I ____________ 2( work ) for the TMRC company. Our company __________ 3( produce ) spare parts for all vehicles. It’s a big company and it ____________ 4( have ) four factories in different parts of the world. The main factory _____________ 5( be ) in Turkey. It mainly __________ 6( focus ) on the heavy industrial vehicles. 3500 workers ____________ 7( work ) there. They ___________ 8( have ) 3 shifts; morning, afternoon and night.

At the moment I ____________ 9( work ) on the night shift. I and the other engineers ___________ 10( check ) the new parts carefully and we ____________ 11( take ) notes. As it is a night shift, it ____________ 12( be ) very cold outside. All the workers ____________ 13( wear ) warm clothes in order not to feel the cold. All the machines ___________ 14( run ) so I _____________ 15( hardly / hear ) the other workers. Generally the manager ____________ 16( visit ) the factory when we are on the night shift but this week he _____________ 17( visit ) the second factory in Brazil. Therefore, we _____________ 18( not feel ) ourselves under pressure. I ___________ 19( need ) to go now.  I ___________ 20( look forward ) to seeing you next month.

                                                                                                                                     Best wishes…

                                                                                                                                     Osman

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EXERCISE 1. 1. is playing  2. feels  3. is making 4. play / am playing  5. am tasting  6. wants  7. doesn’t understand 8. is flying  9. opens / closes 10. is walking

EXERCISE 2. 1. know 2. work 3. produces 4. has 5. is 6. focuses 7. work 8. have 9. am working 10. are checking 11. are taking 12. is 13. are wearing 14. are running 15. hardly hear 16.visits 17. is visiting 18. don’t feel 19. need 20. am looking forward

PUT something OUT

Check these sentences

There was a big fire at the stadium last night. Fortunately firefighters put the fire out.

Sir! Please put your cigar out before entering the building.

In the academy they learn how to put out forest fire.

Seven forest fires have been put out so far.

MEANING

put something out: to stop something burning ( sondürmek )

CAUSATIVES; Have something done 2

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

When I saw her, I was having my watch repaired

At this time yesterday Dora and Canan were having the holiday photos developed.

Arzu was having her car washed when it began to rain.

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

We have already had the rubbish collected.

Tina has just her hair dyed.

Suzan hasn’t had the air conditioner installed yet.

Have you had your DVD player repaired yet?

FUTURE will

Serap will have her summer house redecorated next spring.

As I don’t know Chinese, I will have the document translated.

When will you have the flowers watered?