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ENGLISHTag Questions

A tag question is a special construction in English. It is a statement followed

by a mini-question. The whole sentence is a "tag question", and the mini-

question at the end is called a "question tag".

Question tags are used in conversation to get a (positive) reaction from the

person you are talking to.

The basic structure is:

Notice that the question tag repeats the

auxiliary verb (or main verb when be) from

the statement and changes it to negative or

positive.

Verb Patterns

Sometimes in a sentence, one verb follows another. For example, I want to

buy an electric car. The first verb is 'want', the second verb is 'buy'

In sentences like this, there are different possible patterns. For example:

(a) I want to buy an electric car.

(b) I hate driving.

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In sentence A, the first verb is followed by an infinitive.

In sentence B, the first verb is followed by a gerund (-ing) form.

The verb patterns are dependent upon the first verb. There are several

different types of pattern. When you learn a new verb, you need to learnthe verb pattern. Unfortunately, some verbs have more than one possible

pattern! Sometimes, if a verb has two patterns, each pattern can have a

different meaning or use.

Here are examples of some of the patterns:

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Mixed Conditionals

Those of you who have been following the Conditional Tutorial should now

be familiar with present, past and future conditional verb forms. Sometimes

Unreal Conditional sentences are mixed. This means that the time in the if-

clause is not the same as the time in the result. Study the examples below tolearn how to mix conditional verb forms like a native speaker.

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SCIENCE

Pollution

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that

causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical

systems or living organisms. Pollution can take the form of chemical

substances orenergy, such as noise, heat, or l ight.

Air pollution, the release of chemicals and particulates into theatmosphere. Common gaseous air pollutants include carbon

monoxide, sulfur dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and nitrogen

oxides produced by industry and motor vehicles. Photochemical

ozone and smog are created as nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons

react to sunlight. Particulate matter, or fine dust is characterized by

theirmicrometre size PM10 to PM2.5.

Water pollution, by the release of waste products and contaminantsinto surface runoff into river drainage systems, leaching into

groundwater, liquid spills, wastewaterdischarges, eutrophication and

littering.

Soil contamination occurs when chemicals are released by spill orunderground leakage. Among the most significant soil contaminants

are hydrocarbons, heavy metals, MTBE,[8] herbicides, pesticides andchlorinated hydrocarbons.

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SOCIAL

Canada

It is a country occupying most

of northern North America,extending from the Atlantic

Ocean in the east to the

Pacific Ocean in the west

and northward into the Arctic

Ocean.

It is the world's second largest

country by total area.

Canada's common borderwith the United States to the

south and northwest is the

longest in the world.

The land occupied by

Canada was inhabited for

millennia by various groups of

Aboriginal people. Beginning

in the late 15th century, Britishand French expeditions

explored, and later settled,

along the Atlantic coast.

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The name Canada comes from the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata,

meaning "village" or "settlement". In 1535, indigenous inhabitants of the

present-day Quebec City region used the word to direct French

explorerJacques Cartierto the village of Stadacona.

Cartier later used the wordCanada to refer not only to that particular

village, but the entire area subject to Donnacona (the chief at Stadacona);

by 1545, European books and maps had begun referring to this region

as Canada.

A federation consisting of ten provinces and three territories, Canada is

governed as a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy

with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state. It is a bilingual nation with both

English and French as official languages at the federal level.

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Largest Cities

Famous Canadian People

-Bryan Adams -Pamela Anderson -Elisha Cuthbert

-Celine Dion -Roberta Bondar -James Cameron

-Jim Carrey -Kim Cattrel -Hayden Christensen

-Cirque de Soleil -Michael J. Fox -Nelly Furtado

-Avril LAvigne -Mike Myers -Alanis Morrisette

-Carrie-Anne Moss -Keanu Reeves -Shania Twain

Shania Twain

Shania Twain, OC ; born Eilleen

Regina Edwards; August 28, 1965) is

a Canadian country pop singer-

songwriter.

Her 1995 albumThe Woman in

Mebrought her fame, and her 1997

albumCome On Overbecame

the best-selling studio album of all

time by a female act in any genre

and the best-selling country album

of all time, Come On Oversold

more than 40 million copies

worldwide.

Her fourth album,Up!, was released

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in November 2002 and has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.

Twain has won 5 Grammy

Awards and 27 BMI Songwriter

awards. She has had threealbums certified Diamond by

the Recording Industry Association of

America and is the second best-

selling artist in Canada,

behind Cline Dion, with three of her

studio albums certified double

diamond by the Canadian

Recording Industry Association.

She is the first (and currently only)

female artist in history to have 3

consecutive albums reach diamond

status, certified by the RIAA.

Sometimes referred to as "The Queen of Country Pop", she has sold more

than 85 million albums worldwide and is ranked 10th best-selling artist of

the Nielsen SoundScan era.

She was also ranked 72nd on Billboard's "Artists of the decade" (2000

10). Most recently, Twain has her own TV series,Why Not? with Shania Twain,

that premiered on the OWN on May 8, 2011. She received a star on

the Hollywood Walk of Fame on June 2, 2011.

MATHAbstract reasoning

Abstract reasoning tests, or diagrammatic reasoning tests as they are

sometimes called, are psychometric tests which use diagrams, symbols,signs or shapes instead of words and numbers. In other words, they are

visual questions.

And because they require good visual thinking skills rather than verbal or

numerical skills, they are often considered to be a very good indicator of a

person's general intellectual ability.

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For this reason they are given to applicants over a wide range of jobs.

All abstract reasoning tests are strictly timed, and every single question will

have one, and only one correct answer.

Examples