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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>This is a happy ending </text><choice_g><choice>beyond</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>through</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> a rather sad story.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>Do you swear </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>between</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice></choice_g><text> your mother's life?</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>The family was exiled </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>over</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> France.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>He listened to all the complaints </text><choice_g><choice>between</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>into</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> great courtesy.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>There had been a number of public protests </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">against</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>to</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> the new tax.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>They had a long-running feud </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">over</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> money.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>I've spent three hours working </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">at</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>into</choice></choice_g><text> this problem.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>She beat him </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">at</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> chess.</text></item>
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