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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>He got into trouble </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>across</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice></choice_g><text> not doing his homework.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>The school has attracted funding </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>at</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>on</choice></choice_g><text> a number of sources.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>These guys make the team very difficult to play </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">against</choice><choice>between</choice><choice>to</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text>.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>Her grip seemed to tighten </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>for</choice><choice>off</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice></choice_g><text> the door handle.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>The man collapsed </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">against</choice><choice>among</choice><choice>as</choice><choice>at</choice></choice_g><text> the wall and slid down it.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>The public should not be deceived </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">into</choice></choice_g><text> buying inferior goods.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>This statement is not reliable </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice correct="y">as</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> evidence.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>He is the sole heir </text><choice_g><choice>from</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> a large mining fortune.</text></item>
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