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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>I had piles </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>as</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice><choice>over</choice></choice_g><text> work to do.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>She was standing </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>among</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> the yard.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>He eventually became ruler </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice correct="y">over</choice></choice_g><text> all Egypt.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>They work as consultants </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>through</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> a software company.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>He suffers terribly </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>into</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> migraines.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>Take cuttings </text><choice_g><choice>between</choice><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> mature plants in the spring.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>They accepted the decision </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>of</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> sorrow.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>The park is now shut </text><choice_g><choice>between</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>of</choice></choice_g><text> the winter.</text></item>
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