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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 kids seem pretty excited </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">about</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>for</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> the holidays.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>One pound is roughly equal </text><choice_g><choice>between</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>through</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> two dollars.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>We can incorporate this information </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>from</choice><choice correct="y">into</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> our report.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>He had to beg food </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>of</choice></choice_g><text> passers-by.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>I made a mistake </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">about</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice>for</choice><choice>over</choice></choice_g><text> her.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>We can order the book </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>around</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice></choice_g><text> you, if you like.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>She's practising hard </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>in</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>over</choice></choice_g><text> the piano competition.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>The juice </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>over</choice></choice_g><text> the meat is used to make the sauce.</text></item>
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