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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 had a graze </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>of</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice></choice_g><text> my leg.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>She wept </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>through</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> the shame of having let everyone down.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>She received several compliments </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>into</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice></choice_g><text> her speech.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>She rejected the arguments that had been deployed </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">against</choice><choice>over</choice><choice>to</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> her.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>She folded the clothes </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice correct="y">into</choice><choice>off</choice></choice_g><text> a neat bundle.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>This dish is flavoured </text><choice_g><choice>beyond</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>from</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> basil and garlic.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>The city remains </text><choice_g><choice>by</choice><choice>for</choice><choice>off</choice><choice correct="y">under</choice></choice_g><text> martial law.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>I took my bike in </text><choice_g><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> repair.</text></item>
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