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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 travel </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice correct="y">by</choice><choice>for</choice><choice>from</choice></choice_g><text> barge.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>He quoted </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> Shakespeare.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>They are a bunch </text><choice_g><choice>from</choice><choice>into</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice><choice>off</choice></choice_g><text> amateurs.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>He spoke </text><choice_g><choice>behind</choice><choice>for</choice><choice>over</choice><choice correct="y">through</choice></choice_g><text> a translator.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>The contrast </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> their appearance was striking.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>He's making good progress </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>around</choice><choice>as</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice></choice_g><text> reading.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>There is a puzzle </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">about</choice><choice>across</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> how the plant first came to Britain.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>I closed my eyes </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice></choice_g><text> reverence.</text></item>
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