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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 child peeped </text><choice_g><choice>by</choice><choice>on</choice><choice correct="y">through</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> a crack in the door.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>Parliament was evenly balanced </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">between</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> the two parties.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>She was crouching </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">behind</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> the sofa.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>I was slightly disappointed </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">by</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>to</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> her attitude.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>The atmosphere seemed to vibrate </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>for</choice><choice>into</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> tension.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>These two models are absolutely identical </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>over</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> appearance.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>He had a flask </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> Scotch in his pocket.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>The state has adopted a hard-line stance </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">against</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice>over</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> abortion.</text></item>
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