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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>Her thin hands were resting </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">atop</choice><choice>between</choice><choice>for</choice></choice_g><text> the quilted bed cover.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>Ross flushed red </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>around</choice><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> embarrassment.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>They issued an indictment </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice correct="y">against</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> them.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>They were forced to reach an accommodation </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>under</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> the rebels.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>She touched him </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>to</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> her hand.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>The two books are more or less equal </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>as</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>on</choice></choice_g><text> length.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>He insists </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>for</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> speaking to you personally.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>The children learn </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">about</choice><choice>among</choice><choice>as</choice><choice>behind</choice></choice_g><text> art by painting.</text></item>
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