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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>My sister is a complete mystery </text><choice_g><choice>behind</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>through</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> me.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>He had kindled a spark </text><choice_g><choice>by</choice><choice>for</choice><choice>in</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice></choice_g><text> interest within her.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>There was widespread dissatisfaction </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice correct="y">among</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> the public.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>She plunged straight </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">into</choice><choice>of</choice></choice_g><text> her story.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>Alison's in a huff </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>as</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice correct="y">over</choice></choice_g><text> the joke they played on her.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>The vase was damaged </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">beyond</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>over</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> repair.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>Experts hold widely differing views </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>from</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> this subject.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>She was shaking </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> anger/fury/rage.</text></item>
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