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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>The other children taunted him </text><choice_g><choice>from</choice><choice>in</choice><choice>over</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> nicknames.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>They failed to provide the information demanded </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>at</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> them.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>His opinions are highly insulting </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>of</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> women.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>His gaze flickered </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>on</choice><choice correct="y">over</choice></choice_g><text> her.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>There is a sexual ambivalence </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> her public image.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>News coverage should not favour one party </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>on</choice><choice correct="y">over</choice></choice_g><text> another.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>His attacker had punched him hard </text><choice_g><choice>behind</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>of</choice></choice_g><text> the face.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>The old software is still perfectly adequate </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice>over</choice></choice_g><text> most tasks.</text></item>
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