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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>There were only half a dozen people </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">at</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> Communion.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>Changes must be notified </text><choice_g><choice>for</choice><choice>in</choice><choice>through</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> the chairman.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>Coat the fish </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>against</choice><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice></choice_g><text> the sauce.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>First cut off the water flow </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>over</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> the boiler.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>Endless summer days stretched out </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">before</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>between</choice><choice>over</choice></choice_g><text> us.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>A tax on books would be a body blow </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>in</choice></choice_g><text> education.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>He poured me a generous measure </text><choice_g><choice>between</choice><choice>into</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> gin.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>Is it OK </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>to</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> you if I come around six?</text></item>
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