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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>There was a streak </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> eccentricity in the family.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>I felt distinctly uneasy </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">about</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> lending her so much money.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>She lowered herself down </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> the floor.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>We can modify the service </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice></choice_g><text> local conditions.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>They kissed </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>of</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> passion.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>They sat grouped </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">around</choice><choice>as</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> the fire.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>The waiter handed me the check </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>from</choice></choice_g><text> my meal.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>Our child seemed a gift </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> heaven.</text></item>
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