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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 have always governed </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>at</choice><choice correct="y">by</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> consensus.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>Why does she always dress </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>from</choice><choice correct="y">like</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> a boy?</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>He retreated </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>as</choice><choice correct="y">behind</choice><choice>on</choice></choice_g><text> the table.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>Her thoughts strayed </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>around</choice><choice>on</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> the week ahead of her.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>Her job is to liaise </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>against</choice><choice>at</choice><choice correct="y">between</choice></choice_g><text> the school and the home.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>The family escaped </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>through</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> the West.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>There were grubby marks </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>as</choice><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice></choice_g><text> the wall.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>Can't you claim </text><choice_g><choice>beyond</choice><choice>off</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> your insurance?</text></item>
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