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d. You should not ignore your parents' support and education.
e. If anything appalling ever happens to you, I might not forgive myself.

B. Time for grammar

1. Read the school uniform code, and encircle the modal verbs.
The school uniform codes are important to maintain a sense of oneness and
unity. Therefore, students must come to school in their stipulated uniform.
They may wear coloured clothes of their choice on their birthdays but they
have to maintain the regulations for sportswear, formal wear and Friday
clothing accordingly. As the bottom line for clothing is comfort and decency,
students are not allowed to wear jewellery or make-up. Similarly, hair must
be of natural colour, decent length and style. Next, they should trim their
nails. Furthermore, they need to wear trousers and skirts according to
speci¿cations. Lastly, they ought to follow the instructions of the

discipline incharge. Breaching uniform codes may result in detention.
2. Imagine Kunsang has visited Manisha. What might have Manisha
told her nephew? Complete the following sentences with suitable
expressions of advice, suggestion or warning.
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a. Kunsang, you mustn’t ............................................................................
b. You have to .............................................................................................

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c. You ought not .........................................................................................
d. If I were you, I would .............................................................................
e. You aren’t allowed to .............................................................................

f. You may .................................................................................................
g. You are not supposed to ..........................................................................
C. Follow-up activity

Walking on foot along the roads may sometimes be dangerous. Fill in the
blanks with appropriate modal verbs to give a sense of pedestrians’ safety.

The roads .......... be dangerous for pedestrians. Even for those who are not
driving, it is important to be aware that traf¿c .......... be approaching

from unexpected directions. Apart from motorways, it’s not illegal crossing
the road at any point. It is advisable to use crossings, some of them controlled

by traf¿c lights, whenever you can. You .......... cross the road when the green

signal is on but, if the light is Àashing, don’t start to cross.
There are crossing points known as zebra crossings which have black and

white road markings and orange Àashing beacons at each side of the road.
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