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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>He wrote </text><choice_g><choice>beyond</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>through</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> the editor of the newspaper.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>Laughter echoed </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>between</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice correct="y">through</choice></choice_g><text> the house.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>He was a man </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> torment.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>The party is now </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>as</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice></choice_g><text> opposition.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>The book has not yet been released </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>among</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>into</choice></choice_g><text> paperback.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>The teaching is structured </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice correct="y">around</choice><choice>between</choice><choice>from</choice></choice_g><text> three topics.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>I was beginning to get a cramp </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> my leg.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>The patterns are shared </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">among</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> the potters.</text></item>
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