Modals – Have to and Has to

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Modals – Have to and Has to

In this full tutorial for beginners’ learners are going to learn how and when to use modal verb-have to and has to.

Let’s get started. Here’s a situation

Subject matter: Modals/ Have to and Has to
Vocabulary: Daily activities (at home, at work, outside)

Materials: charts, picture

Value Focus: Be obedient/ Be Helpful

Developmental Activities:

A. Pre- activity

          a.1 Lead the students to sing a song.

          a.2 Drill of words: Daily activities

          a.3 Motivation: Showing of pictures (Daily activities)                   

Ask questions about the pictures.

Listen to Aaron’s story and answer the questions that follow.

I have to give my boss a call and let him know that I will be late for work today. My car broke, so I have to find someone to fix it now. It will probably take a week, so I have to use the bus to go to work. I really hate it when I have to use the bus. I mean, it is not so bad, but why are there so many people on the bus? And why do they have to talk on the phone all the time?

Read the statements and write T if the sentence is true and F if the sentence is false:

  1. Aaron has to give his boss a call and tell him he is late for school.
  2. Aaron’s car broke and now he has to use the bus.
  3. Aaron loves traveling by bus to work.
  4. Aaron wonders why people on the bus have to talk on the phone all the time.

B.Analysis/ discussion

Discuss when and how to use “have to” if the sentence is positive

  1. Positive
I
You
We
They  		    have to    infinitive verb    I have to go to work.
It
She
He  		  has to  infinitive verb   Aaron has to fix his car.

2. Negative

I
You
We
They		  do not/ don’t  Have to  infinitive verb  I don’t have to go to work today.
He
She
It		  does not/ doesn’t  have to  infinitive verb  Aaron doesn’t have to fix his car.

Positive questions:

  DoI
You
We
They		  have to  infinitive verb  Do you have to go to work today?
DoesHe
She
It		  have to  infinitive verb  Does he have fix his car?

Generalization:

Ask: When do we use “have to/ has to”?

-We use have to and has to depending on the subject

– it is used to talk about something we must do, because somebody told us or because it is a rule.

G.Practice

Make negative or positive sentences.

  1. I have to go to work in the morning.
  2. You don’t have to go shopping after work tomorrow.
  3. Sara has to do her homework today.
  4. David has to be home at 9 in the evening.

Evaluation

 Correct the mistakes in the sentences.

  1. I has to be there at 5p.m.
  2. Monika don’t have to go to school tomorrow.
  3. Do he has to go the meeting?
  4. Does we have to bring our textbooks to school?

Homework :

  1. Make a list of 10 things you have to do over the week.

Example: I have to do the washing on Sunday.

Practice exercise 1

A. Write “have to” or “has to” in the blanks to complete the sentence.

  1. They ____________ write a test.
  2. She ____________ clean her desk. 
  3. Ken and Liz ____________ learn English words.
  4. Andy ____________ help his brother.
  5. We ____________ do our homework.
  6. He ____________ write with a pencil.
  7. I ____________ feed the hamster.
  8. You ____________ take photos.
  9. Victoria ____________ read the newspaper.
  10. The teacher ____________ send a text message.

B. Fill in the space with “have to”, “has to” or “had to” to complete the blanks.

1. Yesterday I ________ finish my geography project.

2.  She will ________ wait in line like everyone else.

3. If you are under 13 you _____ get your parents’ permission.

4. Your daughter may ________ try on a few different sizes.

5. Do you _____ work next weekend?

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