Should / Must / Have to

Should

Se utiliza para dar consejos. Se indica que algo es bueno y por lo tanto se debera hacer. Es
una recomendacin, no una obligacin. Tiene menos fuerza impositiva que "must" y que
"have to".

If you feel bad you should go to the doctor

Tambin se utiliza para dar una orden pero de forma muy educada.

Anyone who wants to enter the conference should show his credentials

(Se trata realmente de una obligacin -es obligatorio mostrar las credenciales para
entrar en la conferencia-, pero est expresada de forma poco coercitiva)

Construccin: este verbo modal va seguido del infinitivo del verbo principal sin la
partcula "to".

Se utiliza en pasado, presente y futuro.

I should have finished my report yesterday (pasado)

You should help me, I can not do it alone (presente)
Tomorrow you should call your parents (futuro)

El pasado se utiliza para indicar algo que se debera haber hecho y no se hizo.

La forma negativa es: shouldn't

You shouldn't smoke

Y la forma interrogativa: Should + sujeto...?

Should I wear a dark suit for the party?

Must / Have to

Expresan una obligacin, algo que hay que hacer.

You must come here immediately (es una orden)

If you want to make a career in a company you have to speak English (No hay
alternativa: o hablas ingls o no hay carrera posible)
Comprueba la diferencia con la siguiente oracin:

Nowdays it is very important to speak English. You should do it.

Aqu se trata de un consejo, mientras que en la anterior era una obligacin.

Por otra parte, cuando se utiliza "must" / "have to" el emisor tiene la conviccin de que la
obligacin va a ser cumplida, mientras que cuando se utiliza "should" no se sabe si el
consejo se va a seguir o no.

We should buy a new car (es un deseo; no hay seguridad de que vayamos a hacerlo)
We must buy a new car (hay muchas probabilidades de que lo hagamos)
Ejercicios - Should / Must / Have to

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1.- Elige "Must" / "Should" / "Have to" (en el tiempo correspondiente) para completar
estas oraciones:

1) You speak to your brother and try to solve that problem

2) You come with us to the cinema; the film we are going to see is
marvellous
3) You are very fat. You practice sport (consejo)

4) Please, we are in the church; you stop making that unpleasant noise (A
father to his son)
5) If you want to watch TV, first you finish your homework

6) If I want to buy a new house I get a mortgage (A mother to her

daughter)

7) You cannot go out with your friends. You stay at home because you
have fever
8) In internal flights you check in one hour before the departure
9) I go to the bank to get some money
10) You visit Paris. What a beautiful city!

11) The doctor is very worried about my dad and has told him that he work
less
12) I fill the tank; it is almost empty

13) Our teaches have told us that we be quiet during the class (A father to
his son)
14) You will have exams in two weeks. You study harder (obligation)
15) (The police officer to the protesters) You leave this place immediately
16) I leave immediately; it is very late and tomorrow I have to get up early
17) In the petrol station we switch off the engine before filling the tank
18) The weather is really nice. We go for a walk
19) You to go to the dentist; you have lost a filling (consejo muy enftico)
20) You go by plane; by car it is a very long journey
21) You read more; it is very good for your education

22) Kevin, you shave yourself; you look a little bit scruffy (A mother to
her son)
23) You get up; it is very late (orden)
24) Jane, you rest; you look very tired
25) The police told us that we get out of the car

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Ejercicios de verbos modal es II

E l i ge l a op ci n correcta en tr e ' sh ou l d' , ' ou gh t to' y ' h ad b etter' .

1 We turn off the TV and go to bed early.

2 I improve my English before going to London.

3 He smoke anymore.

4 go to the doctor?

5 My baby doesn't sleep well. What I do?

6 It's raining, I an umbrella.

7 My mother was feeling bad. She to the doctor.

8 I love chocolate but I eat too much.

9 It's very hot. You take off your coat.

10 My teacher told me I review my book before the

exam.