An important grammar lesson on the proper use of need to, have to, and must in English. Learn how to use these modals of necessity like native English speakers. I’ll teach you when, how, and why to use them in this lesson.
Hi, james you are a nice teacher. Let me ask you something, last day i said to someone you have to get pregnant, now i not sure about it if I was correct. It is benefits for her therefore would be Need”?….
hello james your lesson is very benefical so i need to learn english from you and also i like the way you teach.plz give lesson how to use talk to polite way .
thanks 4 a interesting lesson…
If there is no choice and no past tense you MUST use:
1. must
2. have to
3. need to
ans=must…..howz it???i don’t get it..may u explain it?
thanks!
engstud, If you don’t mind, allow me to give my opinion. If we have no choice, we can say “must” or “have to”. But,of the two words, only “have to” has a past form, that is “had to”.
I hope that Mr.James will correct me if I’m wrong.
Regards,
Rifai
Shaza, If you don’t mind, allow me to give my opinion. If we have no choice, we can say “must” or “have to”. But,of the two words, only “have to” has a past form, that is “had to”.
I hope that Mr.James will correct me if I’m wrong.
Regards,
Rifai
Hello James,
Thank you for this lesson, but I need to ask you about MUST. I can’t see the difference between ‘Must and have to’ or ‘must and need to’.
Could you be so kind to explain that? Thank you!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
hi. iam from azerbaijan. happy valentines day. i am teacher but it is pleasure for me to learn more from your lecture. thank you for everything. u are good at your profession.
please teac
Hi James. I have watched your lessons many times. They brought many benefits for me. there is one thing that I want to share with EngVid : We should got more lessons in comparing and contrasting how diffirent they are when we learn some similar words, like: immigrate vs emigrate, delay vs postpone, so on…
Hello!!
I would like to know something, which one do we “need”/ “have” to use in a question? for instance something that is not a benefit for me neither an urgency because I will have a consequence… Ex: Do I need/have to fill the application form up twicr? Do I need/have to buy the uniform? …
and now: you have/need to answer me? :)
many thanks, you are always really useful
I am also a teacher in English. I was surfing the internet looking for some motivating strategies to enable my students understand clearly and deeply what I’m talking in front of them.I saw this cite and I need to say “awesome”. I have to admire your style James because that is my style too, only, I am a Filipino.
Hello Mr James! In my opinion you are usually even often explain your lesson in orally but its good but I think it will be better to have more examples in written form its just my opinion… so cause a lot of students can`t understand your quick speech….thanks!
Hi James,
Could you explain the difference between “within” and “inside”? I know this isn’t part of this topic but I don’t know where to post my doubts.
It’s kind of emergency situations! You have to update your lecture more frequently! That’s because many viewers are dying to watch your lecture and learn something good from you. Of course, I’m a big fan of you, too! I need to study English from you becauswe I can get a wide range of beneficial information from you!
Hi, I’m a korea student, and I’ve been wathcing your videoclips since last year. I think all of your lectures are very beneficial for me to enhance my English. I hope that your lecture will keep coming up. By the way, I just wonder how can I improve my writing skills in English. What’s the best way to advance my English writing skills!!!I’m quite freaking out because of my poor writing skills! Whenever I took a written examination in English, I just got a very low score and I’ve been very unsatisfied with my bad grades! Please help me out~! Could you tell me how to fix this problem? I’d appreciate it if you could tell me the specific way to enhance my writing skills. Thanks again. All the best to you, John!
nice lesson sir but teach in slow motion please sir. I listen your video again and again to understand you but being an Asian it is difficult for me to understand your strong accent. dont mind sir. sorry
Could you please explain the difference between Might have and Might. Both are past tense of May, for example They were not at home, they might have gone to park.we used here have plus P.P. what if I say in simple past for example they were not at home they might go to the park? Notice verb is in base form? What would be differnce between these two sentence. Why we used Have plus P.P in first one?
Is must not the same as don’t have to?
I’ve chosen NO =D (I need to look up somewhere the difference)
In sum, thanks for wonderful and useful video!
Wish you all the best and every happiness =)
James, I need to be your student! You have to be my teacher please! hahaha
Thank you, I love the way you teach, It’s funny and confortable!
Grettings from Colombia :)
James, you didn’t tell anything about “must”, could you please explain the correct usage of it? Thank you for your amazing lessons!!! Best regards!!!!!!
I think this very very important website for the foreign English learners who have no time to study at school and I’m very thankful to the creators of this website who spend time doing this useful job.
Cool lesson :d . Wouldn’t like to have a wife with a shotgun when I’m older.
In every case your lesson are good. They help me very much.
Keep going on like that. you’re good.
Hi james, than you for lesson. i ve question for you. i have an exam in one month. it gona be writing a project in english. i want to increase my English, especially, writing very well. how is the best way ?
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Good for me.thank you:)
not easy but good o learn i.
thnkz a lot
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It’s a very good lesson !!
Hi, james you are a nice teacher. Let me ask you something, last day i said to someone you have to get pregnant, now i not sure about it if I was correct. It is benefits for her therefore would be Need”?….
If there is no choice and no past tense you MUST use:
didn’t understand this
Now it’s much more clear for me. Thanks.
Excelent class James!! Thanks!!
love it ,,thank you
Yeah… I was asking about this lesson in Emma’s Class but Finally I got it. Thanks a lot.
Best Wishes
Thomas
East Timor
thank u bro
what about “must” ?
Interesting.Thanks.
Hi every body!
Do you see that it exciting?
I am interested with this lesson.
Thank teacher, indeed.
Thank you. It was so fun to study.
I could know the difference between “have to ” and “need to” from your sensible gesture.
I have to watch engvid jejeje thanks a lot !!!!
Thanks for the effort EngVid. God Bless you all
Tank u James. Now i uderstand proper use of have to and need to
james sorry i put you on alot of work i did the wrong videos so yeah umm email me at abbyvanorden@gmail.com and ill write back to you
hello james your lesson is very benefical so i need to learn english from you and also i like the way you teach.plz give lesson how to use talk to polite way .
Thanks for the lesson and I think you missed the “must” modal! Must is in the quiz and title but no info in the video lesson.
where is must in your explanation?
Is have 2 the same as should??!
Tx.
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thank you
thanks 4 a interesting lesson…
If there is no choice and no past tense you MUST use:
1. must
2. have to
3. need to
ans=must…..howz it???i don’t get it..may u explain it?
thanks!
engstud, If you don’t mind, allow me to give my opinion. If we have no choice, we can say “must” or “have to”. But,of the two words, only “have to” has a past form, that is “had to”.
I hope that Mr.James will correct me if I’m wrong.
Regards,
Rifai
the correct answer is MUST.
thanks for your concern, it is very benificial.
I am very happy to know about have to and need to. But I have 1 question, what different between must not and don’t have to?
James;you are amazing.Shaza from Jordan
Shaza, If you don’t mind, allow me to give my opinion. If we have no choice, we can say “must” or “have to”. But,of the two words, only “have to” has a past form, that is “had to”.
I hope that Mr.James will correct me if I’m wrong.
Regards,
Rifai
I’m really sorry for commenting on a wrong person. I meant to comment on engstud.
My studends love your lessons, thank you!)))
Hello James,
Thank you for this lesson, but I need to ask you about MUST. I can’t see the difference between ‘Must and have to’ or ‘must and need to’.
Could you be so kind to explain that? Thank you!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
ups) I mean – students))))
If I’m doing a favor for example :
I went there because my Aunc _______ to took some medicine!
Which should I use have to or need to ??
hi. iam from azerbaijan. happy valentines day. i am teacher but it is pleasure for me to learn more from your lecture. thank you for everything. u are good at your profession.
please teac
hi. iam from AZERBAIJAN. iam teacher in but it is pleasure for me to listen to your good lecture & to learn more from u. thanks for teaching.
I fail the quiz, damn I can not believe it. have a good day James.
i have to say it is easy and smooth lesson
thanks indeed
your videos have helped me a lot in my classes. thanks to you, i know the differences between figurative speech and actually meaning it.
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY. AND HAVE A GREAT 2012
just one fail :)
I got two out of four …hmm not bad.. hope you can also discuss to us about “must”..Thanks
Thank you very much I learn from you.
I like this web site, its very educational
ya, i need to improve my english
Nice teacher! Thank you!
Hi James. I have watched your lessons many times. They brought many benefits for me. there is one thing that I want to share with EngVid : We should got more lessons in comparing and contrasting how diffirent they are when we learn some similar words, like: immigrate vs emigrate, delay vs postpone, so on…
why doesn’t anybody respond to our comments?
Hello!!
I would like to know something, which one do we “need”/ “have” to use in a question? for instance something that is not a benefit for me neither an urgency because I will have a consequence… Ex: Do I need/have to fill the application form up twicr? Do I need/have to buy the uniform? …
and now: you have/need to answer me? :)
many thanks, you are always really useful
I am also a teacher in English. I was surfing the internet looking for some motivating strategies to enable my students understand clearly and deeply what I’m talking in front of them.I saw this cite and I need to say “awesome”. I have to admire your style James because that is my style too, only, I am a Filipino.
thank you,it help me so much
thank you very much,this video help me so much
so yaeh sorry james
Thank you, James!!!! very helpful lesson. I like the way you express yourself!!! Thank you!!!!
thank u all of my teacher next to God
keep it up
And must, When do we use? When we have to obey the laws or rules?
Hello Mr James! In my opinion you are usually even often explain your lesson in orally but its good but I think it will be better to have more examples in written form its just my opinion… so cause a lot of students can`t understand your quick speech….thanks!
thanks for you.i watch engvid very often.
Thank you but I need to know alot about using must . please james .
thanks so much m.r James
Nice!
this is excellent class james now is easy for remember this thank you so much
Excellent!!
great
Hi James,
Could you explain the difference between “within” and “inside”? I know this isn’t part of this topic but I don’t know where to post my doubts.
Thanks
It’s kind of emergency situations! You have to update your lecture more frequently! That’s because many viewers are dying to watch your lecture and learn something good from you. Of course, I’m a big fan of you, too! I need to study English from you becauswe I can get a wide range of beneficial information from you!
Hi, I’m a korea student, and I’ve been wathcing your videoclips since last year. I think all of your lectures are very beneficial for me to enhance my English. I hope that your lecture will keep coming up. By the way, I just wonder how can I improve my writing skills in English. What’s the best way to advance my English writing skills!!!I’m quite freaking out because of my poor writing skills! Whenever I took a written examination in English, I just got a very low score and I’ve been very unsatisfied with my bad grades! Please help me out~! Could you tell me how to fix this problem? I’d appreciate it if you could tell me the specific way to enhance my writing skills. Thanks again. All the best to you, John!
I’m an EOT and your lessons are very helpful for me. Thanks!
thanks for explanation..)))
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Good lesson Mr.James.
Thanks
pls explain briefly,with more examples,thank u.
thank you so much, I need to see the engvid again
I like the way that you use it to teach us the lessons
nice lesson sir but teach in slow motion please sir. I listen your video again and again to understand you but being an Asian it is difficult for me to understand your strong accent. dont mind sir. sorry
Question number 2 +3 are confusing for me?
Would you please give me more details
Thank you
thank you
he is good teacher, from mongolia :D
It’s very hard , can’t get it :( , i need to know more
ur awsome james
You are the best James.
Thank you sir.
thanks fella (y)
thanks fella (y)
God bless you
u forgot Philippines James:P
awww i got it perfect,i need to watch more videos:)
Nice explanation,i got it clearly.
James you’re the best,i got it clearly,thank you so much.
Dear professor:
I want to know when we must use the auxiliary do-does in the interrogative form, with the verbs to have and to be.
i have require is salary certificate (is it correct)
I never Seen Mr. James has replied to any one, but where as other teacher did. Anyway you are awesome. The way you teach is really understandable.
Thank You.
Hi James:
Could you please explain the difference between Might have and Might. Both are past tense of May, for example They were not at home, they might have gone to park.we used here have plus P.P. what if I say in simple past for example they were not at home they might go to the park? Notice verb is in base form? What would be differnce between these two sentence. Why we used Have plus P.P in first one?
Kindly help
Thanks.
Is must not the same as don’t have to?
I’ve chosen NO =D (I need to look up somewhere the difference)
In sum, thanks for wonderful and useful video!
Wish you all the best and every happiness =)
sorry for mess, to be precise i replyed YES it’s the same. But it turned out different =)
Thank you James, you are a good teacher.
Dear James, thanks a lot for your patience. I do appreciate you helping us with learning English. I hope I used “gerundium” correctly :-)
James, I need to be your student! You have to be my teacher please! hahaha
Thank you, I love the way you teach, It’s funny and confortable!
Grettings from Colombia :)
Thanks!
and what about the correct use of “must”? you haven’t spoken about it. Bye, Maria
James, you didn’t tell anything about “must”, could you please explain the correct usage of it? Thank you for your amazing lessons!!! Best regards!!!!!!
I’ve already found your lesson on the usage of “must”! Thanks!!!!!!!!:)
I think this very very important website for the foreign English learners who have no time to study at school and I’m very thankful to the creators of this website who spend time doing this useful job.
thank you :)
You are rocking!!! :D
Nice video…….. :)
thank for your good idea
Thank a lot.I always enjoy your lesson
good lesson..:)
Cool lesson :d . Wouldn’t like to have a wife with a shotgun when I’m older.
In every case your lesson are good. They help me very much.
Keep going on like that. you’re good.
I need to watch this lessons.
But when I do, I have to pay attention.
Thank you it was very usefull
Hi teacher, could you tell me more about question number3 and question number 4? what difference between Have to and must?
Thanks
thank you jamse You are wonderful
Hi james, than you for lesson. i ve question for you. i have an exam in one month. it gona be writing a project in english. i want to increase my English, especially, writing very well. how is the best way ?