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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>Clear those papers </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>in</choice><choice correct="y">off</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> the desk.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>There's a bit of a mystery </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">about</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>in</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> this child.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>James whistled </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>over</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> amazement.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>What did you two quarrel </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">about</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text>?</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>Do you feel no shame </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> what you've done?</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>They earned rent </text><choice_g><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>through</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> their property in London.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>The measures will fuel resentment </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">among</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> students.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>There was a clatter </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice>in</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> hoofs and several riders drew up.</text></item>
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