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<exercise subhead="dragdrop"><media type="none"/><head><title>Drag and drop</title><task>Match the words and definitions. Click on a word then drag it into the appropriate box.</task></head><body>
<item><text>The horses stood near a patch of ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">scrub</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>There was a note of ______ in her voice.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">desperation</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>miles of beautiful ______</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">countryside</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>The president's car was being followed by a convoy of ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">vehicles</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>a new set of ______</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">luggage</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>I scribbled down his number on a scrap of ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">paper</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>Getting out of this mess was going to require a fair degree of ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">ingenuity</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>The porch is currently covered in three feet of ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">snow</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>We sat drinking in a haze of cigarette ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">smoke</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>After a series of lengthy ______, the case finally came to court.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">delays</choice></choice_g></item>
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