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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 wall gives the plants protection </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> the wind.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>Premiums </text><choice_g><choice>into</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>over</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> many cars will go up this year.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>The euro has strengthened </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">against</choice><choice>among</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>off</choice></choice_g><text> the dollar.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>The students repeated each sentence </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">after</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>over</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> their teacher.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>He was forcibly ejected </text><choice_g><choice>between</choice><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> the restaurant.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>Please pay the driver </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>between</choice><choice>from</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice></choice_g><text> delivery.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>We crossed </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice correct="y">over</choice><choice>to</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> the river into Sweden.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>That's not something to say </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> mixed company.</text></item>
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