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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's a limit </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>between</choice><choice>into</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice></choice_g><text> the number of tickets you can buy.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>He reached </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>as</choice><choice>at</choice><choice correct="y">into</choice></choice_g><text> his bag and took out a book.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>He always struck me </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">as</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>on</choice></choice_g><text> being rather stupid.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>The troops remained loyal </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice>off</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> the president.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>Students do most of their academic writing </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> English.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>He watched the world through a haze </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>at</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> tobacco smoke.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>He felt he would burst </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>of</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> anger.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>We were starting to get frantic </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>on</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> worry.</text></item>
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