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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>I noticed that my belly had drastically reduced </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> size.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>He was unwilling to dig </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">into</choice><choice>on</choice></choice_g><text> Sylvia's past.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>The cost </text><choice_g><choice>by</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>through</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> the government will be quite high.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>This had weakened his hold </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>between</choice><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice></choice_g><text> power.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>She searched through the mess </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">of</choice><choice>through</choice><choice>to</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> papers on her desk.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>You can order the book direct </text><choice_g><choice>behind</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> the publisher.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>I travel by plane, </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>among</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>of</choice></choice_g><text> preference.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>Such thoughtfulness is the mark </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> a true gentleman.</text></item>
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