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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>You're not being very realistic </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>through</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> your expectations.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>The room had been decorated </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>against</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> great taste.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>I can't stand people who are cruel </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> animals.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>She had only her cat </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>in</choice><choice>through</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> companionship.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>I accidentally spilled my drink all </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>of</choice><choice correct="y">over</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> him.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>She gestured </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">at</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>into</choice></choice_g><text> him to step back.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>A new outbreak </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>around</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice></choice_g><text> smallpox occurred in 1928.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>The drawbacks </text><choice_g><choice>behind</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> this method are obvious.</text></item>
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