Spanish Grammar Test: Tener & Tener Que
Tener Que in place of Deber
Tener Que to must do something or to have to do something)
Note: This quiz contains 24 questions of which 10 will be selected randomly each time the quiz is taken.
Instructions:Substitute, in place of the verb deber, the correct form of tener que.
Question: Yo debo estudiar. (I have to study)
Answer: tengo que.
Useful Grammar
tener (to have)
The purpose of this exercise is to provide further practice with tener que, followed by an infinitive, to express obligation or necessity — See: tener que.
NOTE: When deber is used alone as the main verb of a sentence it has the meaning of to owe.
Yo le debo cinco dólares a Juan.
I owe Juan five dollars.
When, however, deber is used as an auxiliary verb, it has the meaning of must or have to.
