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This Highway Code applies to England, Scotland and Wales. The Highway Code is essential reading for everyone. Many of the rules in the Code are legal requirements, and if you disobey these rules you are committing a criminal offence. You may be fined, given penalty points on your licence or be disqualified from driving. In the most serious cases you may be sent to prison. Such rules are identified by the use of the words ‘MUST/MUST NOT’. In addition, the rule includes an abbreviated reference to the legislation which creates the offence. An explanation of the abbreviations can be found in 'The road user and the law'.

What are Modal Verbs? 

Modal verbs are special verbs which behave very differently from normal verbs. Here are some important differences:

1. Modal verbs do not take "-s" in the third person.

Examples:

 •He can  speak Chinese.

•She should  be here by 9:00. 

2. You use "not" to make modal verbs negative, even in Simple Present and Simple Past.

Examples:

 •He should not be late.

•They might not come to the party. 

3. Many modal verbs cannot be used in the past tenses or the future tenses.

Examples:

 •He will can go with us. Not Correct

•She musted study very hard. Not Correct

Common Modal Verbs: 

Can, Could, May, Might, Must, Ought to, Shall, Should, Will, Would 

Can you put the following Model Verbs in the proper spaces below -  should, shouldn’t, must, mustn’t, have to and don’t have to.

1. If you drive a car you ______________ have a driving licence.

2. If you drive a car you ______________ have insurance.

3. If you drive a car you ______________ have a radio.

4. If you drive a car you ______________ have road tax on your car.

5. If you drive a car you ______________ have an MOT for your car.

6. When you come to a roundabout you ______________slow down.

7. If you are driving you ____________ use your mobile phone.

8. When you are driving you ____________ wear a seatbelt.

9. If you are a passenger you ___________ wear a seatbelt.

10. You ________________ listen to your radio when you are driving.

11. You ___________ stop at a red traffic light.

12. When you ride a bike you _____________ wear a helmet.

13. You ___________ always drive carefully.

14. You ___________ stop at a zebra crossing all the time.

15. You ___________ smoke while you are driving.

Before you drive in a different country you should make sure that you are legally able to drive there. Just because your license is valid at home this doesn't mean it will be valid in a different country.