61. Sentences with can/can’t and must/mustn’t p97 Subject
Modal
Production I
can can’t
Communication must You
mustn’t go
read be
forget
Examples: I was able to help the customer. We weren’t able to solve the problem. The company had to borrow some money. The employees didn’t have to work on Saturday.
Note: There is a very important difference between negatives with must and have to. Compare: I mustn’t spend any more money this week.
= This is an order! I don’t have to spend any more money this week. = It is not necessary.
62. Sentences with going + to (do) p103 Subject
be He She They The interviews
is (’s) isn’t
are (’re) aren’t
going going Infinitive with to
to call back to be
to send to take place We use be + going + infinitive with to talk about future plans. Extra information
this afternoon. in today.
emails tomorrow. this week.
Infinitive without to Extra information down.
all the reports. concise.
about feelings. There is no past tense of can and must. We use (not) be able to and (not) have to.