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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>She repeated the question </text><choice_g><choice>for</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>off</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> emphasis.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>There was a bureaucratic muddle </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>among</choice><choice>of</choice><choice correct="y">over</choice></choice_g><text> his appointment.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>My wife is away </text><choice_g><choice>behind</choice><choice>off</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> a business trip.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>He recognized the man </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice correct="y">as</choice><choice>for</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> one of the police officers.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>The US has restricted trade </text><choice_g><choice>beyond</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>of</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> India.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>I'm sorry </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">about</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>in</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> the noise.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>They signed an armistice </text><choice_g><choice>behind</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>over</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> China</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>A hundred patients were recruited </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>in</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> the study.</text></item>
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