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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>The story gives a new slant </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> his character.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>We have to compete </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>into</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> several larger companies.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>She charged </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>in</choice><choice correct="y">into</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> the room.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>She holds strong opinions </text><choice_g><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>to</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> education.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>You must be pleased </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">by</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> their confidence in you.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>She knotted the scarf loosely </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice correct="y">around</choice><choice>to</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> her neck.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>The bullet missed his head </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">by</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>over</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> only a few inches.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>He was furious at this intervention </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>for</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice></choice_g><text> the press.</text></item>
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