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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>Mackie was smiling </text><choice_g><choice>behind</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice>toward</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> enjoyment.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>She had recently returned </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> Paris.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>She flinched visibly </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">at</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> the sight of the body.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>Maps were pinned </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>in</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> the walls.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>He died of complications </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>at</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>into</choice></choice_g><text> cancer surgery.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>She aimed the gun straight </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">at</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> the intruder.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>I knocked my head </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> one of the beams.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>The missile veered way </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">off</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> target and landed in the sea.</text></item>
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