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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>He was insistent </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>of</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice></choice_g><text> a formal written agreement.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>He's terrified </text><choice_g><choice>between</choice><choice>for</choice><choice>in</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice></choice_g><text> spiders.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>Shall I sing </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>off</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> you?</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>There is wide variety </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>for</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>off</choice></choice_g><text> taste.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>The gap </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice correct="y">between</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> rich and poor widened.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>This man did not figure </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice correct="y">among</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>of</choice></choice_g><text> the suspects.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>We caught the ferry </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice correct="y">across</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> the river.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>You may be able to apply for exemption </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>at</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> local taxes.</text></item>
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