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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>A slight question mark </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">against</choice><choice>around</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> her character remains.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>He felt a grudging respect </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>across</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> her talents as an organizer.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>He had been given a new chance </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">at</choice><choice>between</choice><choice>toward</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> life.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>Sally's quite keen </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>in</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> the idea.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>We decided to travel </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">by</choice><choice>in</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> car.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>I bought some books </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>on</choice></choice_g><text> a friend.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>The balloon was kept fully inflated </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>over</choice><choice>through</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> hydrogen.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>The response </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> local businesses has been muted.</text></item>
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