Guess what... "Must" and "Have to" DO NOT always mean the same thing! 😱 Watch this video to find out when to use which one, and when we need to use "Should" instead!
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► CHAPTERS:
00:00 Different ways to use MUST and HAVE TO
01:37 Must and Have To | Obligation, Present Tense
4:22 Must and Have To | Obligation, Past Tense
6:16 Common Mistake Using Must
6:56 Must and Have To | Probability, Present Tense
9:54 Must and Have To | Probability, Past Tense
12:39 Should in the Present and Past Tense

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If you think must and have to are practically the same thing, you are wrong. And this is why.

Now, great news! This lesson comes with a free PDF worksheet. So click up there, or click the link in the description and you can download my lesson notes on this video. It comes with all the explanations, all the examples and a test to test your knowledge on the difference between must and have to.

We use both these verbs to talk about obligation, like you must do your homework or you have to do your homework. And also probability. Like wow, she got 100% on her exam, she must be clever. So sometimes these mean almost the same thing, like you must do your homework, you have to do your homework. But sometimes they don't and they mean very different things. So to help me explain this category, which most students get confused with, I'm going to divide the lesson into five parts.

First we'll look at obligation in the present tense, and then obligation in the past tense, then probability in the present, probability in the past. And we cannot learn this topic without looking at topic number five, how to use should. So let's go.

We can use both must and have to in the present tense to talk about obligation. But there's one very important exception that I'm going to explain in this section. So first let's look at how to use must talking about obligation in the present tense. And we normally use this for things like rules and regulations. Like you must check in 40 minutes before the time of your flight. You must wear a mask at all times in the airplane.

We can use must in the negative to explain that something is forbidden, that it is prohibited, and to form it in the negative is very simple. Instead of must, we say must not. For example, you must not smoke inside the building or you must not arrive late. Simple.

Now, we use have to in the present tense again to talk about obligations. We don't use this so much for things that are regulations and rules, but simply things that are necessary. For example, you have to practice if you want to improve. I have to go to work early tomorrow because I have a lot to do. These are both things that are necessary. They're not regulations or rules, but they are necessary things. And that's why we use have to.

Now, for the big exception in the present tense, when we use have to in the negative, it completely changes the meaning. If we use must in the negative, you must not smoke inside the building, that means that it is forbidden. But if we use have to in the negative, it means that something is not necessary, but you can do it if you want. For example, in a hotel, if we say you must not take the key with you when you leave the hotel. That means that it is forbidden to take the key outside the hotel. However, if we say you don't have to take the key with you, that means you can if you want, but it's not necessary.

Do you see the difference? You must not means it's forbidden, but you don't have to means you can if you want, but it's simply not a necessity. It's not necessary.

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