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Complete the sentence using cannot and have to/has to. He ______ have a new bicycle now; he______ wait till next year.

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Look at these sentences.

  • Animals cannot survive for long without water.
  • So desert animals have to find different ways of coping.

The first sentence says what cannot happen or be done; the second tells us what must, therefore, be done, what it is necessary to do. Complete the sentence using cannot and have to/has to.

He ______ have a new bicycle now; he______ wait till next year.

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Solution

He cannot have a new bicycle now; he has to wait till next year.

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Chapter 9.1: Desert Animals - Thinking About Language [Page 120]

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