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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 are anxieties </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>around</choice><choice>of</choice><choice correct="y">over</choice></choice_g><text> the effects of unemployment.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>The building suffered extensive damage </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice correct="y">by</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> fire in 1925.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>She tried to control the fury raging </text><choice_g><choice>in</choice><choice>over</choice><choice>toward</choice><choice correct="y">within</choice></choice_g><text> her.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>He was the brains </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">behind</choice><choice>for</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> the robberies.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>Their voices faded </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">into</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> the distance.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>I go to work </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">by</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>over</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> tube.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>Mike's split </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>into</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> his wife</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>I was curious </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">about</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> how she would react.</text></item>
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