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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>The ozone layer forms a shield </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">against</choice><choice>among</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> harmful solar rays.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>He has no tolerance </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> people who are not like him.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>The officer slapped him hard </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">across</choice><choice>for</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>over</choice></choice_g><text> the face.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>There is a screen </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice correct="y">between</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>off</choice></choice_g><text> the two beds.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>It will be marketed </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">as</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>of</choice></choice_g><text> a tonic for the elderly.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>Chop an onion and stir it </text><choice_g><choice>from</choice><choice correct="y">into</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> the sauce.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>The world is only slowly emerging </text><choice_g><choice>beyond</choice><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>of</choice></choice_g><text> recession.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>I visualized him </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">as</choice><choice>between</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>off</choice></choice_g><text> a typical businessman.</text></item>
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