XXVIII. Say that people are obliged to do something or that it is

necessary for them to do something. Use ‘have to’ and/or ‘must’.

1. I ... wear glasses when I read, otherwise I get a headache.

2. You ... put a dressing on the wound or it won’t stop bleeding.

3. I’ve had a pain in my knee for some days now. I ... consult a surgeon.

4. He ... be taken to hospital by ambulance, because he can’t walk with

his broken ankle.

5. You ... take your medicine regularly, if you don’t want to collapse

again.

6. You ... give me something for this pain in my chest, doctor.

7. In England many patients ... wait for years for necessary but non­-

urgent operations.

8. We ... help this man. I think he’s seriously injured.

9. Is an operation unavoidable, doctor? - Yes, I’m afraid we ... operate

on you immediately.

10. You ... always think of the maxim ‘Prevention is better than cure’.

11. She … go to bed at eight o’clock to be up in time for the first train.

12. They … take the dog along with them because there is no one who could look after it.

13. She must learn to do things for herself. I refuse to help her in the future.

14. What a pity you … go. I know it’s time for you to catch your train.

15. We must begin as early as possible or we won’t finish it today.

XXIX. Answer the questions in the negative, saying that something is prohibited or not required.

1. Have I still got to take this awful cough mixture, nurse?

2. Will my daughter still have to wear glasses when she is grown up?

3. Did he have to consult a specialist last week?

4. Can I do heavy work again, doctor?

5. Will I ever be able to do heavy work?

6. Will I have to stay in hospital over Christmas, doctor?

7. Is he to use this awful hearing-aid for ever?

8. Must we call for an ambulance or are you able to walk?

9. Did you have to call for an ambulance or was he able to walk?

10. Did he have to tell them about it?

XXX. Use the prompts and make up sentences about doctors and nurses.

Nurses Doctors Nurses Doctors Doctors

must/mustn’t have to/don’t have to should/shouldn’t

listen to their patients. study medicine at university. do shift work. visit their patients at home. enjoy working with people. work long hours.

XXXI. Make up short dialogues as in the example.

Little Jane and her Mum are sitting in the waiting-room of a doctor’s surgery.

Jane: Look, Mum, the man with the green jacket is limping.

Mum: He must have broken his leg.

Jane	Mum
can’t eat anything sneeze get a bad cough look so pale hurt when smb. breathes didn’t hear what the doctor told him seem very nervous have a big dressing round one’s neck limp	- have got a stomach-ache - catch a cold - smoke too much - be ill recently - break a rib - forget his hearing-aid - have a nervous break down - break the neck - dislocate one’s foot