Petya
New member
- Joined
- Apr 20, 2012
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Bulgarian
- Home Country
- Bulgaria
- Current Location
- Bulgaria
Hello everyone,
Last week I had a serious disagreement with a colleague over my usage of 'have to' instead of 'must' and 'going to' instead of 'will'. I will give examples of the way I used them in that particular occasion. I used 'have to' to give instructions to my students, such as "You have to check the correct answer in this exercise", "You have to use the words to make a sentence." I also asked a couple of times: "What are you going to write in A?", "Which option are you going to choose?" (as a way of asking about their intention or decision based on the evidence from a reading or listening text). My colleague insists that I had to use "must" and "will" respectively and that I made grammar mistakes. Please, help me out here!
Thank you!
Last week I had a serious disagreement with a colleague over my usage of 'have to' instead of 'must' and 'going to' instead of 'will'. I will give examples of the way I used them in that particular occasion. I used 'have to' to give instructions to my students, such as "You have to check the correct answer in this exercise", "You have to use the words to make a sentence." I also asked a couple of times: "What are you going to write in A?", "Which option are you going to choose?" (as a way of asking about their intention or decision based on the evidence from a reading or listening text). My colleague insists that I had to use "must" and "will" respectively and that I made grammar mistakes. Please, help me out here!
Thank you!