LONGMAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE

11.10 'It isn't advisable ...'/'It isn't necessary ...'/'It's forbidden

11.10C 'Needn't have', 'didn't have to', 'didn't need to' [> LEG 11.571]

1 These sentences mean 'I went there, but it wasn't necessary':

I needn't have gone to the office yesterday (but I went).

I didn't 'have to/didn't 'need to go to the office yesterday (but I went).

(have and need are stressed in speech)

2 Compare didn't have to and didn't need to, without stress:

I didn't have to go to the office yesterday. I didn't need to go to the office yesterday.

(= I knew in advance it wasn't necessary to go to the office and I didn't go.)

Write: Supply needn't have or didn't have to and the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1 I the plumber. I learnt later that John had already phoned him. (phone)

2 I the plumber. I knew John had already phoned him. (phone)

3 You your umbrella after all. It hasn't rained, (bring)

4 The forecast was for fine weather so I knew I my umbrella, (bring)

5 I these clothes. I didn't know they had already been washed, (wash)

6 I a meal last night because we went out and the food I prepared was uneaten, (cook)

11.10D

Study:

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'Shouldn't have' and 'oughtn't to have' [> LEG 11.57.2]

We often use shouldn't have (done) or oughtn't to have (done) to criticize our own actions or

someone else's: i/You shouldn't have paid/oughtn't to have paid the plumber in advance.

Write: Respond to these statements with shouldn't have done that or oughtn't to have done that.

1 I had to stop on the motorway

2 John read your letter

3 Frank and Jane sat in the sun all day

4 Jane left the front door unlocked

5 I borrowed your car this morning

11.10E Context

Write: Put in didn't need to, must not, shouldn't have and should have.

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