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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>Are you on the rota </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>in</choice><choice>over</choice></choice_g><text> cooking?</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>The radio play had been adapted </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> a novel.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>He used his research as a pretext </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> going to Hungary.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>I was babbling </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>off</choice></choice_g><text> nervousness.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>The audience was almost hysterical </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>over</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> laughter.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>Home is a refuge </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice correct="y">against</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>for</choice></choice_g><text> the pressures of work.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>The pesticide is lethal </text><choice_g><choice>in</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>off</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> all insect life.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>The berries are processed </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>in</choice><choice correct="y">into</choice><choice>on</choice></choice_g><text> juice or sauce.</text></item>
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