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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 satellite will remain </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> orbit for several years.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>I need to have a heart-to-heart talk </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>to</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> her.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>They watched </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>on</choice></choice_g><text> an upstairs window.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>He turned around and smacked </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>in</choice><choice correct="y">into</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> a wall.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>She felt a little pang </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>at</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice><choice>on</choice></choice_g><text> jealousy.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>Many people protested </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>into</choice><choice correct="y">over</choice></choice_g><text> the tax increase.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>Aphrodite, the goddess </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> love</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>His father grunted </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">at</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>for</choice></choice_g><text> him as he left the room.</text></item>
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