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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 both got suspended </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>off</choice></choice_g><text> fighting.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>Some of the police were issued </text><choice_g><choice>between</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>off</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> rifles.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>Some committee members still had doubts </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">about</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> the plans.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>I could have wept </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>around</choice><choice>off</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> frustration.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>She gave a speech </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>into</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice></choice_g><text> the economy.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>We discussed the matter </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>from</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice></choice_g><text> whether or not to hire a bus.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>Peter hesitated, his hand poised </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">above</choice><choice>among</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>off</choice></choice_g><text> the telephone.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>He's disappointed </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>from</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>into</choice></choice_g><text> his daughter.</text></item>
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