EF56 Indian Horse para

There is/are a couple of reasons why the narrator felt sad.

There is/are a pair of pants on the table.

He didn't want to have his hair cut.
He didn't want them to cut his hair.
He didn't want to get his hair cut.

The nun gave him no choice. He had to do it. The nun forced him to do it. He did not have a choice.
He was not given a choice.

They could not have long hair.

If they broke the rules, they would have been beaten.

He would never forget how the school treated him.

(present)

He would never forget how the school treated him.
(past)
They must learn English. (present)
They had to learn English. (past)