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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 is no bitterness </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice correct="y">between</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> them.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>She replaced Jane Stott </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice correct="y">as</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>of</choice></choice_g><text> Managing Director.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>She got an unusually low score </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> creativity.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>Police marksmen were positioned </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>of</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> the roof.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>That seems fair </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice>over</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> all sides.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>The criminal often revisits the scene </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice><choice>to</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> the crime.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>She has now accepted a posting </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">as</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>in</choice><choice>of</choice></choice_g><text> ambassador to Latvia.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>This remark caused affront </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>among</choice><choice>for</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> many people.</text></item>
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