Many students often confuse the usage of the modals 'must' and 'have to'. While meaning is generally maintained in incorrect usage in the positive forms, a mix-up in the negative forms can cause confusion. This lesson uses daily routines and an interviewing game to help students master these important modal forms.
Aim: Learn the modal forms 'have to' and 'must'
Activity: Grammar introduction/review, talking about daily routines and interview game
Level: Lower levels
Outline:
· Ask students to talk about their daily routines. Have them make a list of five things that they have to do every day.
· Introduce the grammar by having the students take a look at the grammar sheet below.
· Discuss the differences between 'have to' and 'must' in the positive form. Make sure to point out that 'have to' is used for daily routines while 'must' is used for strong personal obligation.
· Discuss the differences between 'don't have to' and 'mustn't'. Make sure to stress the idea that 'don't have to' expresses the idea that the person isn't required to do something but may do so if he/she would like while 'mustn't' expresses the idea of prohibition.
· In order to encourage students to favor the use of 'have to', spend the rest of the lesson focusing on daily responsibilities in the following exercises.
· Ask students to take out the list they created earlier and re-write the list using 'have to'.
· Ask students to choose a job from the list provided (you might want to first check that students are familiar with the jobs listed) and think about what a person working in that profession has to do.
· Once you have given students a chance to think a while, play a variation on the 20 questions game. You can begin by choosing a profession and having students ask you 10 or 15 questions about what you have to do in this job. Questions can only be answered by 'yes', 'no' or 'sometimes'.
· The student who guesses the name of your profession should be the next to be asked the 15 questions. Another variation on this game is for students to play the game in pairs.
Have to - Must
Study the Use of 'Have to' and 'Must' in the Chart Below
Must / Have To - Mustn't / Not Have To
Listed below are examples and uses of must / have to / mustn't / not have to
Aim: Learn the modal forms 'have to' and 'must'
Activity: Grammar introduction/review, talking about daily routines and interview game
Level: Lower levels
Outline:
· Ask students to talk about their daily routines. Have them make a list of five things that they have to do every day.
· Introduce the grammar by having the students take a look at the grammar sheet below.
· Discuss the differences between 'have to' and 'must' in the positive form. Make sure to point out that 'have to' is used for daily routines while 'must' is used for strong personal obligation.
· Discuss the differences between 'don't have to' and 'mustn't'. Make sure to stress the idea that 'don't have to' expresses the idea that the person isn't required to do something but may do so if he/she would like while 'mustn't' expresses the idea of prohibition.
· In order to encourage students to favor the use of 'have to', spend the rest of the lesson focusing on daily responsibilities in the following exercises.
· Ask students to take out the list they created earlier and re-write the list using 'have to'.
· Ask students to choose a job from the list provided (you might want to first check that students are familiar with the jobs listed) and think about what a person working in that profession has to do.
· Once you have given students a chance to think a while, play a variation on the 20 questions game. You can begin by choosing a profession and having students ask you 10 or 15 questions about what you have to do in this job. Questions can only be answered by 'yes', 'no' or 'sometimes'.
· The student who guesses the name of your profession should be the next to be asked the 15 questions. Another variation on this game is for students to play the game in pairs.
Have to - Must
Study the Use of 'Have to' and 'Must' in the Chart Below
Must / Have To - Mustn't / Not Have To
Listed below are examples and uses of must / have to / mustn't / not have to
Choose a profession from the list below and think about what a person doing that job has to do every day.
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