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<exercise subhead="dragdrop"><media type="none"/><head><title>Drag and drop</title><task>Match the words and definitions. Click on a word then drag it into the appropriate box.</task></head><body>
<item><text>The children all received ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">gifts</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>His comments pretty much killed the ______ for the rest of the show.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">mood</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>The Nikkei index rose 710 ______ to 14894.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">points</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>The speech was well delivered but lacking in ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">detail</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>She struggled against all the interruptions to keep the ______ of her argument.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">thread</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>He recently received the Spanish passport which grants him dual ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">nationality</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>Her success has been so remarkable as to defy ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">explanation</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>He flicked ______ into the ashtray.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">ash</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>They recently completed a four-week ______ in Poland.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">exercise</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>I want to catch up on all your ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">news</choice></choice_g></item>
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