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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 language was completely unfamiliar </text><choice_g><choice>behind</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>of</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> me.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>I can't see any likeness </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice correct="y">between</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>on</choice></choice_g><text> her children.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>He finished </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice correct="y">by</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> telling us about his trip to Spain.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>He openly boasted </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>among</choice><choice correct="y">of</choice><choice>off</choice></choice_g><text> his talents.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>She developed the problem </text><choice_g><choice>behind</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> early adolescence.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>The attack was </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> revenge for the deaths of two prisoners.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>I spent two years carefully researching </text><choice_g><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">into</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> his background.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>His strengths more than compensate </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> his weaknesses.</text></item>
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