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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>These practices remain universal </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice correct="y">among</choice><choice>between</choice><choice>into</choice></choice_g><text> the islanders.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>She hoped they had enough firewood to last </text><choice_g><choice>by</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>on</choice><choice correct="y">through</choice></choice_g><text> the night.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>I scraped the carrots </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>for</choice><choice>into</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> a knife.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>It was </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice correct="y">approaching</choice><choice>in</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> midnight when I finally reached home.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>All the buildings are accessible </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>on</choice></choice_g><text> people in wheelchairs.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>Gwen was truthful </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>among</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice></choice_g><text> her answer.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>She handled the crisis </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>around</choice><choice>in</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> total assurance.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>There is a 2% surcharge </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>of</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice></choice_g><text> credit-card users.</text></item>
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