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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>His reading </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">about</choice><choice>as</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> Ruskin led him to the works of Turner.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>He has published a long memoir </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">about</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>over</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> those years.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>We work to ensure conformity </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>as</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> the customer's wishes.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>Will this box fit </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice correct="y">into</choice><choice>to</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> the cupboard?</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>I've had some success </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>around</choice><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice></choice_g><text> getting rid of the weeds.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>I hardly noticed the man who brushed </text><choice_g><choice>in</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>over</choice><choice correct="y">past</choice></choice_g><text> me in the corridor.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>I'm a little cynical </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">about</choice><choice>across</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> her motives.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>Their aim was to stir up feeling/feelings </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">against</choice><choice>as</choice><choice>to</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> the war.</text></item>
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