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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>They spent their lives trailing </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">around</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> the country.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>He tried to bargain </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> her.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>There is widespread public outrage </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>off</choice><choice correct="y">over</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> the massacre.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>I'm restricting myself </text><choice_g><choice>behind</choice><choice>in</choice><choice>off</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> one glass of wine a day.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>I can manage </text><choice_g><choice>behind</choice><choice>in</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice correct="y">without</choice></choice_g><text> a dishwasher.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>She sat with the child cradled </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice correct="y">against</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> her.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>The cases were stacked </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">against</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> the wall.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>The students obeyed </text><choice_g><choice>from</choice><choice>on</choice><choice correct="y">through</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> fear of punishment.</text></item>
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