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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 scraped my elbow </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>as</choice><choice>of</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice></choice_g><text> the wall as I went past.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>Her conduct had always been </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice correct="y">beyond</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>over</choice></choice_g><text> reproach.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>These cars are no longer fashionable </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice correct="y">among</choice><choice>to</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> the young.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>A deputation </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>for</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> 40 strikers was organized.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>The driver took the exit </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> LaGuardia.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>The plants will wilt </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> direct sunlight.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>The accused were held </text><choice_g><choice>by</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>toward</choice><choice correct="y">without</choice></choice_g><text> bail.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>There is no truth </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>on</choice></choice_g><text> these allegations.</text></item>
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