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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 relied entirely on these few weapons </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>in</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> their defence.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>It has already been used </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>off</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> great success.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>Can't you be nice </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>as</choice><choice>off</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> each other for once?</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>My work seems to make more and more demands </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>from</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice></choice_g><text> my time.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>The war lasted </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>off</choice></choice_g><text> three years.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>We're organizing the evening </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice correct="y">around</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>in</choice></choice_g><text> a Japanese theme.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>The company expects loyalty </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice></choice_g><text> its employees.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>I wish he would join in </text><choice_g><choice>by</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> the other children.</text></item>
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