A.
MUST / MUSTN'T
1. You ___________ do your homework tonight.
2. She ___________ tidy her room before she goes out.
3. You ___________ leave your bags here.
4. I ___________ forget to call her tonight.
5. ___________ I go to bed now?
6. When ___________ we decide about the party?
TOPIC SENTENCES
Paragraphs usually begin with a topic sentence.
This tells you what the paragraph is about.
B. Read the article about a language learning experiment. Complete each paragraph with a topic sentence, A-F.
A. So, what happened after four weeks?
B. But what happens when Brit tires to learn a new language after leaving school?
C. Max decided to learn Spanish.
D. Motivation is obviously a problem.
E. The British are famous for being bad at learning languages.
F. The situation in British schools doesn’t help either.
1. That’s been true for a long time. In any city around the world you can hear British tourist asking for the restaurant
menu in English. Sometimes they try to say a couple of phrases in the local languages, but they stop making an
effort as soon as they discover that the waiter knows a littles English. Some British people who live abroad often
spend all time with other Brits, and never learn the language at all.
2. Many British people think ‘I don’t have to learn a foreign language because everyone speaks English nowadays’.
This is partly true. In many multinational companies, for example, employees have to speak English as it is the
company’s official language of communication.
3. Children only have to learn a language until they are 14. After that, they don’t have to continue if they don’t want
to. Thirty per cent of young people say that they don’t want to carry on with a foreign language because ‘it’s too
difficult’.
4. A newspaper decided to find out by sending Max, one of its journalists, on an intensive language course. He then
had to go to the country and do some ‘tests’ to see if he could ‘survive’ in different situations.
5. ‘I’d like to visit Spain and Latin America in the future. If I go, I don’t want to be the typical Brit who expects
everyone else to speak English.’ He did a one-month intensive course at a language school in London.
6. When his course finished, he went to Madrid for a weekend to do his tests. A teacher called Paula met him there
and gave him a mark out of ten for each test and then a final mark for everything.
C. Read the article again. Answer the questions.
1. What two examples does the writer give to show that the British are bad at learning languages.
2. Why does he / she think that British people aren’t motivated to learn languages?
3. What reason do many school children give for not wanting to study a foreign language?
4. How did a British newspaper try to find out if the British really are bad at learning languages?
5. Why did Max decide to learn Spanish? How did he learn?
6. What did he do when the finished the course?
GRAMMAR: have to, don’t have to, must, mustn’t
D. Listen to Max talking about the tests and complete the gaps.
1. ___________ a drink and a ___________ in a bar, ask how much it is and understand the price.
2. ___________ ask for directions in the street and ___________ them.
3. Get a ___________ to a famous place.
4. ___________somebody and leave a message in somebody’s voicemail.
THE RULES
You mustn’t use a ___________or phrase book app.
You must only ___________
You mustn’t use your __________ or mime or write anything down.
E. have to, don't have to
1. I _____________ speak English at work.
2. She _____________ get up at seven every day.
3. We _____________ wear a uniform at this school.
4. He _____________ work on Saturdays.
5. ________ I _____________ buy a grammar book?
6. What time ________ she _____________ get up in the morning?
F. Complete the sentences with the correct form of have to.
I ____________________ to go to school on Saturdays.
Janice ____________________ study very hard. She has exams soon.
You____________________ buy a ticket before you get on the bus. It costs £4 and the machine is over there.
___________ your sister____________________ go to London for her job interview?
Mike____________________ wear a really ugly uniform at his new school. He hates it.
We ____________________ get up early tomorrow. Our flight leaves at 6.30.
Harry____________________ work today - he has a day off.
Can you wait a moment? I ____________________ make a phone call.
we ____________________ go to bed? It's only ten o'clock!
G. Circle the correct form. Tick (✓) if both are possible.
1. We don't have / mustn't go to school next week. It's the holiday.
2. You don't have to / mustn't cross the road when the traffic lights are red.
3. What do I have to / must I do when I finish this exercise?
4. The concert is free. You don't have to / mustn't pay.
5. We're late for the meeting. We have to / must go now.
6. You don't have to / mustn't leave the door open - the dog will get out.
7. I have to / must pay Jane back the money she lent me.
8. In Britain you have to / must drive on the left.
9. You don't have to / mustn't be tall to be good at football.
G. WHAT ARE THE RULES? LOOK AT THE PHOTOS 1-12. Complete the rules with have to, don’t have to, must or
mustn’t and a verb from the list.
be come drive pay pay play put take touch turn off wear wear
1. You _______________________ your phone.
2. Children _______________________.
3. You _______________________ a jacket.
4. You _______________________the door.
5. you_______________________ over 18 to see this
film.
6. you ________________ photos here.
7. you ________________ anything now.
8. you ________________ football here at night.
9. you ________________ your feet on the seats.
10. you ________________ to class on Mondays.
11. you ________________in one direction.
12. you ________________ sports shoes here.
H. Complete the sentences with a preposition from the list.
At(x2) for(x2) from in of(x2) to with
Languages
1. do you think you’re good _____ learning languages?
2. Is there anything about learning English that you’re bad _____ ? what?
3. Do you think listening to pop music is good _____ your English? Why (not)?
4. Are you afraid _____ going to places where you don’t speak the language? Why (not)?
5. What English-speaking countries are you most interested _____? Why?
Tourism
6. Which towns or cities in your country are full _____ tourists in the summer?
7. What tourist attractions is your country famous _____?
8. Are people in your country usually nice _____ tourists?
9. Do you get angry _____ tourists who don’t try to speak your language? Why (not)?
10. Are people in the capital city very different _____ people in the rest of the country?