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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 light could not penetrate </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>around</choice><choice>on</choice><choice correct="y">through</choice></choice_g><text> the thick curtains.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>He wore an expression </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice></choice_g><text> anxiety on his face.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>The difference </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>against</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>over</choice></choice_g><text> price is not very significant.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>There is a very good argument </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> increasing spending.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>She felt fear mingled </text><choice_g><choice>from</choice><choice>over</choice><choice>toward</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> excitement.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>Are you clear </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>as</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> that point?</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>Her eyes lingered </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> the stranger's face.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>It comes in packs </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>as</choice><choice>into</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice></choice_g><text> six.</text></item>
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