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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>We'd better try and finish this job </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>at</choice><choice correct="y">before</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> dark.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>He tried to escape blame </text><choice_g><choice>behind</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>over</choice></choice_g><text> what he did.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>He sat there debating </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>around</choice><choice>of</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> himself what to do.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>You don't have to be shy </text><choice_g><choice>for</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice>toward</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> me, you know.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>She developed a fascination </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>from</choice></choice_g><text> these creatures.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>The book provides a thorough critique </text><choice_g><choice>in</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice><choice>over</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> current theories.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>Gold was totally unknown </text><choice_g><choice>in</choice><choice>of</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> their civilization.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>I'm quite disgusted </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice correct="y">at</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> the way he's treated you.</text></item>
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