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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>They seemed stunned </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">at</choice><choice>in</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> his outburst.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>He scrubbed the blood </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>among</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> his shoes.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>I got the whole concert </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>against</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> tape.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>Jim looked </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>under</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> distaste at the cockroach in his soup.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>The effects were substantial </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>among</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>of</choice></choice_g><text> magnitude.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>This is a major irritation </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>through</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> commuters.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>She is widely respected </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">as</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> a politician.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>He probed the mud </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>against</choice><choice>of</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> his knife.</text></item>
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