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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>We piled sandbags </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">against</choice><choice>over</choice><choice>through</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> the door.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>She had a foreboding </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> danger.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>The project collapsed </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice correct="y">through</choice></choice_g><text> financial mismanagement.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>Low interest rates are fundamental </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>against</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>over</choice></choice_g><text> growth.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>John has suggested meeting at six, and that's OK </text><choice_g><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">by</choice><choice>for</choice><choice>of</choice></choice_g><text> me.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>Massage it lightly </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>in</choice><choice>of</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> your fingertips.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>She tried to steer the boat </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>as</choice><choice correct="y">into</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> port.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>He had to jump </text><choice_g><choice>by</choice><choice>for</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>of</choice></choice_g><text> a first floor window.</text></item>
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