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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>Joyce's epitaph </text><choice_g><choice>of</choice><choice>off</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> King Edward VIII</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>I was lost in a maze </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>for</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice></choice_g><text> passages.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>The play veers </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> loopy comedy to serious moralizing.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>The urine tests were negative </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>around</choice><choice>as</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice></choice_g><text> protein.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>George mumbled incoherently </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> himself.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>He casually flicked away some dust </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>at</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> his jacket.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>He's out of work and </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>into</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> social security.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>His rugged good looks made him irresistible </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice><choice>toward</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> women.</text></item>
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