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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>The news has been greeted </text><choice_g><choice>of</choice><choice>toward</choice><choice>under</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> alarm.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>He has amassed a considerable fortune </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice correct="y">out</choice><choice>over</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> of trading shares.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>To live every day to the full is a recipe </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice></choice_g><text> happiness.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>You were quite right </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">about</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>between</choice><choice>for</choice></choice_g><text> the weather.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>Patton was just </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice correct="y">off</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> target with his shot.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>She was the daughter of Chinese immigrants </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>on</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> America.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>Several buildings have collapsed </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>from</choice><choice correct="y">into</choice></choice_g><text> the ocean.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>Would this afternoon be inconvenient </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice></choice_g><text> you?</text></item>
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