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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 move was a first step </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> establishing a union.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>Do you have anything to say </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">about</choice><choice>among</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>in</choice></choice_g><text> this?</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>She had just woken up </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>over</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> a deep sleep.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>We seem to be drifting away </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>in</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> the point.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>To enquire </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">about</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>over</choice></choice_g><text> tickets, call the number below.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>You need to be vigilant </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">against</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>on</choice></choice_g><text> garden pests.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>The new guidelines have been issued </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>through</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> all doctors.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>His thick, swollen fingers bore testimony </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>for</choice><choice>in</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> a lifetime of toil.</text></item>
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