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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>The path climbs steeply </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>on</choice><choice correct="y">up</choice></choice_g><text> the mountainside.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>Work was a welcome distraction </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> her problems at home.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>He shook his head </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>of</choice></choice_g><text> disagreement.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>I have a clear understanding </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> any lawyer I hire.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>She suffers </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> asthma.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>The fight </text><choice_g><choice>beyond</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> supremacy in the sport is on.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>He leaped down </text><choice_g><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>toward</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> the ladder and ran over to her.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>She has received a clear mandate </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>of</choice></choice_g><text> educational reform.</text></item>
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