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Pairs of Modal Sentences.

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I have to go. | I need to go.

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I don't have to go. | I don't need to go.

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I don't need to go. | I needn't go.

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I'd better go. | I must go.

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You mustn't do it. | You don' have to do it.

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You mustn't do it. | You're not allowed to do it.

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You should do it. | You ought to do it.

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I had to go. | I needed to go.

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I didn't have to go. | I didn't need to go.

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I didn't need to go. | I needn't have gone.

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I needn't have gone. | I shouldn't have gone.

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I should have gone. | I must have gone.

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You weren't allowed to do it. | You needn't have done it.

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