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1. Carol __mustn’t help__ you with your homework. It’s important that you do it yourself.
2. You __needn’t help__ with the shopping. John has already done it.
3. We ____________________ Bill about his holidays. He doesn’t want to talk about it.
4. I just want a general idea of the story so I _________________________ all the book.
5. You ___________________ Harry for the answer. I can tell you.
6. You look really tired. You studied all last night, so tonight you _________________.
7. You ____________________yet! You haven’t had anything to eat.
8. You ____________________ my letter. They’re private.
9. We _____________________ yet. We’ve got plenty of time to get to the station.
10. I’m sure the shop won’t be busy so you_____________________ if you don’t want to.
Ex. 237. Read the situation and make sentences with needn’t have.
1. Paul went out. He took an umbrella because he thought it was going to rain. But it didn’t rain.
__He needn’t have taken an umbrella. ________________________________
2. Linda bought some eggs when she went shopping. When she got home, she found that she
already had plenty of eggs. She __________________________________________________
3. A colleague got angry with you at work. He shouted at you, which you think was unnecessary.
Later you say to him: You ______________________________________________________
4. Brain had money problems, so he sold his car. A few days later he won some money in
a lottery. He ________________________________________________________________
5. We took a camcorder with us on holidays, but we didn’t use it in the end.
We ________________________________________________________________________
6. I thought I was going to miss my train, so I rushed to the station. But the train was late and
in the end I had to wait twenty minutes. ___________________________________________
Сравните:
I needn’t have done it. Можно было не делать (а я сделал)
I didn’t have to do it. Можно было не делать (я и не делал)
Ex. 238. Say the whole sentence in English. Use need or have to.
1. a) Можно было не покупать сахар, and I didn’t go to the shop.
b) Why did you go to the shop? Можно было и не покупать сахар: we have enough of it.
2. a) Мы могли не тревожиться за нее, as we knew that she was taken very good care of.
b) Не надо было тревожиться за нас: you see that everything is OK.
3. а) Можно было и не ходить туда, you have wasted your time. They have phoned us and
given us all the instructions.
b) Можно было не ходить туда, and we remained at home.
4. a) Мне не надо было идти в библиотеку, as I had all the books I needed.
b) Незачем было ходить в библиотеку: you have only wasted your time. Don’t you know
that I’ll give you all the necessary books.
5. a) Я мог не ездить в центр, as a very good department store had recently opened in our
parts, so I went there and bought everything I needed.
b) Вы могли бы и не ездить в центр: you could have bought everything you needed in the
local shops.
6. a) Вы могли бы и не проверять правописание: the computer can do all the correcting.
b) Я мог не проверять правописание: the computer did all the correcting, so it didn’t take
me long to complete my work.
7. a) Я мог не звонить ему, so I went to bed at once.
b) It turned out that я мог и не звонить ему, as he knew everything from his sister.
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