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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>Leadership </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> science is moving east.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>People with a taste </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> complex plots will enjoy this book.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>Do I really have to spell it out </text><choice_g><choice>behind</choice><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> you?</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>There were wide discrepancies </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>as</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice></choice_g><text> the evidence.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>It was an insult </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> his wife.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>The troops advanced </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice correct="y">into</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> central Europe.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>There was nobody </text><choice_g><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> view.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>They pressed boldly on </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>around</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> their plan.</text></item>
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