she rest now? She
needn't rest yet.
3.
Need has two past forms. They have different meanings:
D idn 7
need to = it w asn’t necessary, so it wasn’t probably done.
Needn 4 have - it w asn’t necessary, but it was done.
e.g. I
d id n 7
need to hurry, so I didn’t. I took my time.
e.g. I
needn ’t have hurried, but I did. The film started at seven, not six.
Both are opposites o f
had to. 1 .1
need to go home. 2. You needn’t come if you don’t want. 3. Ian doesn’t need to pass all
his exams to get a place at university. 4. More money is desperately needed to protect the world
endangered species. 5. We didn't need to hurry. We had plenty o f time. 6. Need I pay now or can I
pay later? 7. I needn’t have got up so early. I forgot it was Saturday. 8. If you have any problems,
you only need to tell us and w e’ll try to help. 9. I need to water the garden. 10. You needn’t have
walked home; I could have given you a lift.
Exercise 12. Underline the correct word or words. Sometimes tw o are correct. e.g. I m ustn’t / needn’t / don’t have to do this exercise but it might help.
1. You
mustn 7
/needn 7
don 7
have to think I’m always so tired and irritable after work. I have just
had a bad day.
2. We
must /needn 7
/don 7
have to book a table, the restaurant w on’t be full on a Monday night.
3. Do you really
must/need to/ have to go now? Can’t you stay a bit longer?
4. You
must /don
