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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>Cycling puts very little stress </text><choice_g><choice>between</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>off</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice></choice_g><text> the joints.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>Jobs were strictly segregated </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>among</choice><choice correct="y">by</choice><choice>of</choice></choice_g><text> gender.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>The attempt finally ended </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>off</choice></choice_g><text> failure.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>The paintings, twelve </text><choice_g><choice>for</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> number, are over 200 years old.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>We did examinations </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice></choice_g><text> the bodies.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>There shall be no mercy </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> my enemies.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>He fooled them </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice correct="y">into</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>over</choice></choice_g><text> thinking he was a detective.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>He refused to speculate </text><choice_g><choice>into</choice><choice>off</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> her reasons for leaving.</text></item>
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