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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 spent a lifetime </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>between</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice></choice_g><text> politics.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>Her stomach was growling </text><choice_g><choice>by</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>toward</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> hunger.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>His hands were smeared </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>around</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> blood.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>Her mother did not approve of her friendship </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>over</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> Ahmed.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>It all seems a little distasteful </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>for</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> me.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>He slumped </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice correct="y">against</choice><choice>among</choice><choice>beyond</choice></choice_g><text> the wall.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>They cut </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice correct="y">away</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>between</choice></choice_g><text> all the dead branches from the tree.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>Try to be rational </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">about</choice><choice>across</choice><choice>as</choice><choice>into</choice></choice_g><text> it.</text></item>
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