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Следующая таблица показывает, какие модальные глаголы нужно использовать для выражения необходимости в английском языке в зависимости от времени и других обстоятельств.
| Время | Необходимость, обусловленная обстоятельствами | Отсутствие необходимости | Необходимость, обусловленная планом, соглашением, расписанием |
|---|---|---|---|
| Настоящее | You must hurry. It’s ten to sex already. I have got to leave you now. Here goes the ring. | You needn’t hurry. We have plenty of time. I don’t have to leave you yet. The ring will not go for another ten minutes. | I am to meet my sister at the doctor’s at six o’clock. When is the film to begin? |
| Прошедшее | I had to leave Connie as the interval was over. | You needn’t have hurried. There was plenty of time. I didn’t have to leave him at once, for the interval was only beginning. | I was to come to the University two hours before the time and wait for Connie in the hall. |
| Будущее | I will have to harry to catch the six o’clock bus. | I will not have to hurry. There will be plenty of time. | — |