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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>We left </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">by</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> plane for Beijing.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>Taylor plotted </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>between</choice><choice>on</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> his daughter to murder her husband.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>Catering salaries lag far </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">behind</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>in</choice></choice_g><text> those of other sectors.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>He didn't try to hide his scorn </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>in</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> our way of doing things.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>He carefully manoeuvred the boat </text><choice_g><choice>by</choice><choice>into</choice><choice correct="y">past</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> the rocks.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>He read out a brief extract </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>of</choice></choice_g><text> his book.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>There doesn't seem to be any logic </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>for</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>into</choice></choice_g><text> the move.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>The snake coiled itself </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice correct="y">around</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>off</choice></choice_g><text> a branch.</text></item>
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