4.6. Need

Exercise 236. Translate into Russian and comment on the use of the modal verb need.

1. Don’t forget to bring the journal. I need it for my report.

2. You needn’t answer me now, Take your time.

3. Do you need my help?

4. Do you need these notes.

5. Ben, I need help.

6. You needn’t have gone into so many details.

7. We’ve got plenty of time. You don’t need to hurry.

8. I can hear you quite clearly. You needn’t shout.

9. Ann bought some eggs but when she got home she found that she already had plenty of eggs. So she needn’t have bought any eggs.

10. Thank you for doing the washing-up but you needn’t have done it really. I was going to do it later.

11. I didn’t need to go, so I didn’t go.

12. I didn’t need to go but I decided to go anyway.

13. You needn’t pay now – tomorrow is OK.

14. Today is a holiday – you don’t have to work.

15. You don’t have to worry about it any more. I’ll take care of that.

16. She didn’t need to buy a dress for the party.

17. You needn’t have said that. She was very upset by your remark.

Exercise 237. Complete the sentences with need.

l. The vegetable garden needs (water).

2. The TV needs to be (fix).

3. They need (come) here at three o'clock.

4. The cottage needs to be (repair).

5. She needs (prepare) harder for her exams.

6. The lawn needs (cut).

7. You need (book) a ticket beforehand.

8. Granny needs to be (look after).

9. The walls need to be (paper).

10. I need (get) this book somewhere.

Exercise 238. Make sentences with needn’t have.

1. I don’t know why Fed hurried. We needn’t have hurried.

2. I don’t know why David shouted at me like that. She …

3. I don’t know why Sue read the whole book.

4. I don’t know why Paul cancelled her holiday.

5. I don’t know why Ann bought bread.

6. I don’t know why they did extra translation.

Exercise 239. Fill in: needn’t have or didn’t need/didn’t have to, don’t need/don’t have to/needn’t.

“Have you seen Modern Families yet?” Paul asked Mary as he was checking through the cinema listing.

“I saw it last night,” she replied.

“I needn’t have gone (go) through – I already knew what it would be like.”

“Did you like it?”

“Not really. The director (spend) so much money presenting such a weak story. It’s a good thing I (pay) to get in.”

“How did you manage that?” asked Paul.

“I went with Tom,” she answered.

“Critics (pay) to see films you know.”

“How was the acting?”

“Well, the director (hire) such good actors for a film like that,” said Mary.

“I mean you (have) much talent to sit around talking about nothing for hours.”

“Did Tom review it?”

“He (write) about it. Somebody else had already done it for his paper. We just went out of curiosity, but really we (go).”

Exercise 240. Choose the right variant – mustn’t or needn’t.

1. David says I (mustn't/needn't) do it. He has already done it.

2. You (needn't/mustn't) carry your driving license with you.

3. I can show my student's card, and I (mustn't/needn't) pay to get in.

4. I've hurt my knee and the doctor says I (mustn't/needn't) play football for two weeks.

5. Copies (needn't/mustn't) be done without permission.

6. He is a very discreet person, you (needn't/ mustn't) be afraid of telling him anything.

7. He (mustn't/needn't) be said twice.

8. You (needn't/mustn't) answer the question if you don't want to.

9. It's a non-smoking carriage. You (needn't/mustn't) smoke here.

10. She (needn't/mustn't) go to bed so late. Has she forgotten the doctor's instructions?

Exercise 241. Complete the sentences with must, mustn’t or needn’t.

1. We haven’t much time. We _____ hurry.

2. We’ve plenty of time. We _____ hurry.

3. “Do you want me to wait for you?” “No, it’s OK. You _____ wait.”

4. Tom gave me a letter to post. I _____ forget to post it.

5. You _____ come if you don’t want to but I hope you will.

6. “What sort of house do you want to buy? Something big?” “Well, it must be.”

7. We have enough food at home so we _____ go shopping today.

8. This book is very valuable. You _____ look after it very carefully and _____ lose it.

Exercise 242. Translate into Russian and compare the use of the modal verbs need and should in the meaning of necessity/absence of necessity.

1. You should not have done it yourself: all you had to do is ask me.

2. You need not have paid your debt so soon. I do not need this money so urgently.

3. You should not give the child so much care. It may make him dependent on your attention. He should be more self-confident.

4. You needn't have come so early. Now you will have to wait until four o'clock.

5. I am sorry, I should not have told you that: it has upset you so much!

6. You need not have carried this luggage yourself: there were a lot of porters around here.

Exercise 243. Translate into English using need.

1. Вам не надо отвечать на все вопросы.

2. На незачем ездить так далеко. Можно ходить в бассейн рядом со школой.

3. Текст был легкий, и нам незачем было пользоваться словарем.

4. Вам не обязательно приходить опять. Мы можем отправить Ваши документы по почте.

5. Вы уверены, что ничего не изменится, или нам надо будет позвонить вам.

6. Мне не надо ходить в магазин. Папа купил все продукты.

7. У нас достаточно времени. Торопиться незачем.

8. Можешь не приезжать, если не хочешь.

9. Вашему сыну уже лучше. Незачем беспокоиться.

10. Надо ли беспокоиться из-за таких пустяков?

Exercise 244. Translate into English using need.

1. Зря ты сказал Майку об этом.

2. Его не надо об этом спрашивать.

3. Мне нужна ваша помощь.

4. Зря ты учил текст наизусть (by heart); учитель его не спрашивал.

5. Вечером температура упала, и он ре­шил, что ему не нужно идти к врачу.

6. Разве ты не видишь, что ему надо подстричься?

7. Зря он отка­зался от приглашения.

8. Вы купили машину толь­ко год назад. Неужели ее надо красить?

9. Мне нуж­но наладить компьютер.

10. Джону не надо было ехать в Лондон, и он решил провести выходные в Брайтоне.