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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>He battled </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>around</choice><choice>as</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> cancer for many months.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>He remembers everything he reads </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>for</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> books.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>These toys are not immediately appealing </text><choice_g><choice>behind</choice><choice>into</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> children.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>I had a bet </text><choice_g><choice>behind</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> the three o'clock race.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>That topic falls </text><choice_g><choice>behind</choice><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">outside</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> the scope of this thesis.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>He will appear </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice correct="y">at</choice><choice>in</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> Manchester Crown Court next week.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>They would not intervene </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice correct="y">against</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> the rebels themselves.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>She had a wide leather strap </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">around</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> her wrist.</text></item>
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