What time must we leave? Not later than 2pm. Must I go to the party? I don’t really want to. To make the question form we invert the subject and ‘must’: It’s possible to make questions with ‘must’ but it’s not very common in modern English. I mustn’t drink any more coffee, otherwise I won’t sleep tonight. We mustn’t stand up while the plane is taking off. They mustn’t use their mobile phones during lessons. When the traffic lights are red you mustn’t go. We use ‘mustn’t’ to express a prohibition or strong obligation. To make negative sentences we add ‘not which is normally contracted to n’t: We must get to the airport two hours before the flight. He must study harder if he wants to pass the exam. I must remember to send a birthday card to my Dad. They must hand in their projects before the 8th June. The structure of ‘must’ is easy because it is the same for every subject: We can only use ‘must’ in the present form to describe a general or permanent obligation, or an obligation in the near future. It means you have no choice but to do (or not do) an action. ‘Must’ is the basic and most direct way of saying something is compulsory. Here is a description of each modal verb that we use to express obligation and how and when to use them. In English there are various ways to describe rules and obligations, and as a student it can be tricky to understand which way is right for each situation.
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