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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>Ed, clad </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>on</choice></choice_g><text> his best suit, was waiting for her.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>They teased her mercilessly </text><choice_g><choice>between</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>over</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> remarks about her weight.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>The new law on pensions is an outrage </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">against</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> the elderly.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>They're trying to solve the puzzle </text><choice_g><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice><choice>to</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> how gravity works.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>He had reached a crossroads </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> his career.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>She had difficulty </text><choice_g><choice>behind</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>off</choice></choice_g><text> starting her car.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>She pushed </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>as</choice><choice correct="y">at</choice><choice>of</choice></choice_g><text> the door but it wouldn't budge.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>Such attitudes are a legacy </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>as</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> colonial times.</text></item>
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