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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>You'll get used to the work </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> time.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>Plans </text><choice_g><choice>by</choice><choice>on</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> build a dam have been shelved following protests.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>She was tempted to peep </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice correct="y">at</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> the letter.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>I value her very highly </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice correct="y">as</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>on</choice></choice_g><text> a friend.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>He greeted her with a kiss </text><choice_g><choice>between</choice><choice>from</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> the cheek.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>She withdrew </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">into</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> her own world.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>A little huddle </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">of</choice><choice>through</choice><choice>under</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> men stood in one corner.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>He kept banging his chair </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice correct="y">against</choice><choice>as</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> the wall.</text></item>
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