Didn't Need To Needn't Have

Didn't Need to If we say that somebody didn’t need to do sth, we mean the action was not necessary and the person did not do it. For Example: It started raining heavily so I didn’t need to water the flowers. (it wasn’t necessary, so I didn’t do that.) It was my day off yesterday, that’s why I didn’t need to get up early.(It was not obligatory for me)

Needn't Have Done If we say that somebody “needn’t have done” sth, we mean that they did it, but it was unnecessary and even a waste of time. For Example: You needn’t have done the washing up, as I was going to do that tomorrow. When the party was over, I realized that you needn’t have cooked so much food as most of it was untouched. Yesterday my friend had already bought 2 tickets for the concert so you really needn’t have bought another one, it was a waste of money. Sandra worked all the weekend to finish her assignment on time, but actually she needn’t have done so.

Choose the right option: Q1 - You _____ do it if you don't want.

do not need

need not

Q2 - I didn't bother to confirm it because they said we ______ once we'd got the tickets. didn't need

didn't need to

needn't have

Q3 - I spent hours doing it and then they told me I _____. needn't have bothered Q4 - We ______ to do it.

didn't need to bother don't need

Q5 - I need ____ to the bank.

go

Q6 - I ____ any more trouble.

needn't

needn't

Either could be used here.

to go don't need

Q7 - If anything needs ____, just let me know. Q8 - Thanks a lot- you ____ it, though.

needed bothering

do

Either could be used here.

to do

didn't need to do

doing needn't have done

Fill in all the gaps, NEEDN’T HAVE / DIDN’T NEED TO She………………………. by bike. I would have given her a lift in my car. (go) We ,……………………………………… as real VIPs we used the back entrance. (queue) I should have told you! You ……… the entire house. (clean) Our cleaning lady phoned she's coming tomorrow.

The sun came out so we …………… any rainwear on the trip. (take) You ……………………….. me a present. (buy) But I do appreciate the gesture. I ……………………….. her telephone number in my diary. (write) I never phoned her once. The plane was late. I …………………….. to the airport so ridiculously early. (get) We …………………………………. for long for them. (wait) They arrived just after us. I ……………………………………. my umbrella. (bring) It's turned out very sunny. We had plenty of petrol in the tank so I …………………………. (fill up)

Underline the correct form. 1. I went but I found out afterwards that it wasn’t necessary. I didn’t need to go / needn’t have gone.

2. John phoned me and told me he wasn’t coming so it wasn’t necessary to pick him up. I didn’t need to pick him up / I needn’t have picked him up.

3. Mary paid a lot of money for a ticket, but then her boyfriend gave her one. She didn’t need to buy the ticket / She needn’t have bought the ticket.

4. Arthur was going to buy a bicycle, but then a friend gave him one. He didn’t need to buy a bicycle / He needn’t have bought a bicycle.

5. Elisabeth bought a book, but afterwards found out that it wasn’t necessary for her course. She needn’t have bought the book / She didn’t need to buy the book.

Correct the mistakes in these sentences. 1. Peter told me they had enough wine, so I didn’t need to brought any wine to the party. 2. Valerie’s car was covered in mud, so she hosed it off. But then it rained very hard so in fact she needn’t have to wash her car. 3. They called off the meeting so I didn’t have to travelled to Berne. 4. I needn’t have to take so many euros to France because everywhere accepted credit cards.