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<exercise subhead="dragdrop"><media type="none"/><head><title>Prepositions exercises</title><task>Use the arrow to choose the best word or  phrase for each space.</task></head><body>
<item desc="1"><text>Many homes were wired </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>from</choice></choice_g><text> lighting only.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>They had made all kinds of provisions </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">against</choice><choice>as</choice><choice>under</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> bad weather.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>I write </text><choice_g><choice>behind</choice><choice>between</choice><choice>over</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> an old fashioned pen.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>He sank up </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> his knees in the mud.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>He fought </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice correct="y">alongside</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>on</choice></choice_g><text> his comrades.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>The machine is totally submerged </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>into</choice></choice_g><text> water.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>The violent conduct </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice correct="y">by</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> the strikers was condemned.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>She banged loudly </text><choice_g><choice>for</choice><choice>from</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> the table.</text></item>
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