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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>Students progress </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>over</choice><choice correct="y">through</choice></choice_g><text> the stages of the course.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>The new workers need direction </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice>between</choice><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice></choice_g><text> a supervisor.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>She was crushed </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">against</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> the wall.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>I do not feel competent to pronounce </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>into</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> this matter.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>There's no substance </text><choice_g><choice>by</choice><choice>from</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> the story.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>H5N1 is a strain </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> avian influenza.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>He was finally granted access </text><choice_g><choice>behind</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>on</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> the medical records.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>He broke </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>around</choice><choice>toward</choice><choice correct="y">under</choice></choice_g><text> stress and had to leave.</text></item>
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