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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>She wiped her foot to clean </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>around</choice><choice>at</choice><choice correct="y">away</choice></choice_g><text> the blood.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>It looks </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>on</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> me as if the company is in real trouble.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>I'll see you </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice correct="y">at</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> break.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>Linen is </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>into</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice></choice_g><text> trend again this summer.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>A man lurched </text><choice_g><choice>from</choice><choice correct="y">into</choice><choice>through</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> her office.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>There are forty gigantic works </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> exhibit.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>We need to act </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>from</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> urgency to ensure his safety.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>His promotion was a fitting climax </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>over</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> a worthy career.</text></item>
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