◎ Exercise on Preposition from VLC ◎

1. He refused to comment on the problem.

2. What is the reason for Hong Kong's air pollution?

3. Can we meet to discuss about the policy changes?

4. Graduates should consider on their career goals.

5. They were asked to participate to the interviews.
Explanation: 'participate' collocates with 'in'

6. Obviously you need to adapt for changing circumstances.
Explanation: 'adapt' collocates with 'to'

7. Applicants who filled for the questionnaire were then chosen randomly.
Explanation: 'fill' collocates with 'out'

8. This figure could reflect their dissatisfaction on the lack of training.
Explanation: 'dissatisfaction' collocates with 'with'

9. What are the main differences between US English and the English spoken
in the UK?

10. Some authorities are now claiming that chocolate may be good to you in
moderate quantities.
Explanation: ' be good' collocates with 'for' with this meaning

11. The USA made a formal complaint about that country's environmental policy.

12. Pay attention to that company's press releases. They may be looking for
new employees soon.

13. The cleaners demanded about a pay rise because of the recent rise in prices.
Explanation: 'demanded' does not collocate with 'for'

14. People can use credit cards to pay for goods on the web.

15. If on line learning can be developed, it seems to me that education will be more effective than in the past.

16. Education on the internet can save a lot of resources.

17. At my point of view, I do not think the government should censor the Internet.
Explanation: 'from' is a left collocate with 'point of view'

18. All Hong Kong people were concerned on the recent economic crisis.
Explanation: 'concerned' collocates with 'about'

19. In some universities more than 2000 students are enrolled by the same
course.
Explanation: 'enroll' collocates with 'on' or 'in'

20. They want to get a job at the earliest possible opportunity.

21. This implies that the present situation in Hong Kong does not allow graduates to get their first preference jobs easily.

22. Because of the economic downturn, students tended to apply for more jobs than last year.

23. Concerning for job seeking skills, the findings presented in Table 5 show that one-third of the subjects felt they needed more help in their interview techniques.
Explanation: 'concerning' does not collocate with 'about'

24. 24% of the subjects claimed that they needed to help on English speaking skills.
Explanation: 'help' collocates with 'with'

25. This figure could reflect their dissatisfaction about the lack of training.
Explanation: 'dissatisfaction' collocates with 'with'

◎ biz magazine -- TOEIC test ◎

Grade :
listenling : reading : total
317 : 198 = 515

Comment :
I think the biz magazine is quite good because its concludes toeic test.
We are not only read the useful English in books but also do the practice. The test is very similar with the Toeic Test. So we can predict what kinds of questions they prefer use. Therefore, a magazine has the toeic test that is a good idea for all readers.