title: Oxford Modern English Grammar
author:  Bas Aarts 
description: <br><strong>Bas Aarts</strong> is Professor of English Linguistics at University College London and Director of the Survey of English Usage. His other publications include <em>Syntactic Gradience</em>, <em>Handbook of English Linguistics</em>, <em>Fuzzy Grammar</em>, <em>Exploring Natural Language</em>, and <em>English Syntax and Argumentation</em>.<br>
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  428.0076
  C967C
  2007
  
  Test 6
  33
  22
  Adjectives and adverbs
  40
  23
  Noun or adjective?
  41
  24
  Verb confusion
  1 - courses and study
  42
  25
  Verb confusion
  2 - describing
  charts and figures
  26
  Verb confusion 3 - money and problems
  46
  27
  Noun confusion
  1 - money and work
  47
  19
  How do I make a verb passive?
  20
  When do I use the passive?
  21
  What is register?
  37
  Test 7
  38
  Test 8
  43
  Test 9
  48
  36
  35
  45
  28
  Noun confusion
  2 - advertising, travel and young people
  29
  When do I need to use an apostrophe?
  51
  30
  Common
  spelling errors
  52
  Test 10
  53
  50
  Answer key
  55
  
  Are there any special times I should use the?
  1 Tickthe correct sentence in each pair.
  1 a
  In the USA this situation
  is totally
  different
  b
  In USA this situation
  is totally
  different
  2
  a
  The table shows
  number Ot people working
  in Britain
  in 1976.
  b
  The table shows
  the number or people working
  in Britain
  in 1976.
  We use the
  •
  with countries
  or places where the name refers to a group of islands or states: the
  United States, the Middle East, the 