Must - आसानी से व्याकरण सीखे
- to express obligation.
- All pupils must bring a packed lunch tomorrow.
- to give orders firmly and positively.
- You must go to sleep now.
- to give advice or make recommendations emphatically.
- You must get one of these new smoothie-makers – they’re great!
- You must see ‘Nim’s Island’ – it’s brilliant.
- to speculate about the truth of something.
- She must be mad!
- You must be joking!
- There must be some mistake.
- Mr Robertson is here; it must be Tuesday.
- Can Mary be joking? Can she really mean that?
- You can’t be serious!
- It can’t be true!
- Must can be used in the interrogative, but many speakers prefer have to instead.
- Must you go so soon?
- Must I invite Helen?
- Do you have to go soon?
- Do I have to invite Helen?
- to forbid someone to do something.
- You must not cross when the light is red.
- You must not say things like that.
- to talk about an event or state that is unacceptable.
- There mustn’t be any mistakes in your letter.
- The whale must not become extinct.
Note that to express the fact that you are not obliged to do something, you use do not have to.Compare:
- You must not come in here.
- You don’t have to come in here (if you don’t want to).
- It is necessary to change must to have to when changing sentences from direct to reported speech.
- ‘I must fill out those forms this evening,’ said Ian.
- Ian said that he had to fill out some forms.
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| The contracted negative form is: | mustn’t. | |
- You mustn’t worry so much.