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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>She knocked timidly </text><choice_g><choice>between</choice><choice>from</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>over</choice></choice_g><text> the study door and entered.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>I'm feeling a little scared </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>as</choice><choice correct="y">at</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> the thought of the operation.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>We volunteered </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice correct="y">as</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> witnesses.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>She had no illusions </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">about</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> her attractiveness.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>The boys gathered </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">around</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> the car.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>The missing climber's chances </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> survival are slim.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>He presented the information </text><choice_g><choice>in</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>through</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> his colleagues.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>She smiled </text><choice_g><choice>beyond</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>from</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice></choice_g><text> assent.</text></item>
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