Exercise on Prepostiton from VLC

(0) 1. He refused to comment on the problem.

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

(x) 3. Can we meet to discuss with the policy changes?

(0) 4. Graduates should consider on thattheir career goals.

(0) 5. They were asked to participate in the interviews.

(0) 6. Obviously you need to adapt to changing circumstances.

(x) 7. Applicants who filled out the questionnaire were then chosen randomly.

(0) 8. This figure could reflect their dissatisfaction with the lack og training.

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

(0) 10. Some authorities are now claiming that chocolate may be good for you in moderate quantities.

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

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

(x) 13. The cleaners demanded for that a pay rise because of the recent rise in prices.

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

(x) 15. If on line learning can be developed, it seems to me that education will be more effective than in the past.(0) 16. Education on the internet can save a lot of resources.

(0) 17. In my point of view, I do not think the government should censor the Internet.

(x) 18. All Hong Kong people were concerned for/about the recent economic crisis.

(x) 19. In some universities more than 2000 students are enrolled on the same course.

(x) 19. They want to get a job for/at the earliest possible opportunity.

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

(x) 21. Because of the economic downturn, students ontended to apply for more jobs than last year.

(x) 22. Concerning with 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.

(0) 23. 24% of the subjects claimed that they needed help for/with English speaking skills.

(0) 24. This figure could reflect their dissatisfaction with the lack of training.

I got 14 correct answers.