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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'm pretty useless </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">at</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice>toward</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> this job.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>My uncle has been pretty decent </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>off</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> me.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>No one could prevent the inexorable slide </text><choice_g><choice>from</choice><choice correct="y">into</choice><choice>over</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> war.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>The president had been completely stripped </text><choice_g><choice>by</choice><choice>into</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> power.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>She drifted </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">across</choice><choice>among</choice><choice>in</choice><choice>over</choice></choice_g><text> the room to where we were standing.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>A corridor connects his office </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>off</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> the main building.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>The document uses the British spelling </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> caesium.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>His attraction </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>as</choice><choice>at</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> you is obvious.</text></item>
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