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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 disease cannot be transmitted </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">through</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> sneezing.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>I go out with a gang </text><choice_g><choice>behind</choice><choice>for</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> friends most Saturdays.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>His arms were pinned </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">behind</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>through</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> his back.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>What are the benefits </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>through</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> investors?</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>You can pay it </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>for</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> instalments.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>She's very friendly </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice>under</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> Maureen.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>We were thankful </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice></choice_g><text> the chance to rest.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>She was perspiring a little </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>off</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> the heat.</text></item>
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