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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>He had been cut adrift </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>for</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> everything he knew.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>The union would like more input </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>as</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>over</choice></choice_g><text> working conditions.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>We trudged slowly </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>between</choice><choice>on</choice><choice correct="y">through</choice></choice_g><text> the fields.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>She was a stranger </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>for</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> the place.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>Her hair was neatly coiled </text><choice_g><choice>beyond</choice><choice correct="y">into</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>over</choice></choice_g><text> a bun.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>Trent almost laughed </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>into</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> relief.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>Kirk stood helpless </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>among</choice><choice correct="y">before</choice><choice>of</choice></choice_g><text> this giant of a man.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>Expenditure on education fell </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice correct="y">by</choice><choice>over</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> 10% last year.</text></item>
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