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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>He was executed </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>to</choice><choice>under</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> treason.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>The program offers grants </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> small businesses.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>Children will fight even </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>of</choice><choice correct="y">over</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> small things.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>I had to have an X-ray </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> my knee.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>Please enter all your personal details </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>of</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice></choice_g><text> the form provided.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>Footsteps pattered </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">across</choice><choice>as</choice><choice>in</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> the floor.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>His work is strikingly fresh </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> conception.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>The vultures were already circling </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice correct="y">around</choice><choice>in</choice><choice>over</choice></choice_g><text> the dead animal.</text></item>
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