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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 government has limited legal powers </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>from</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice correct="y">over</choice></choice_g><text> television.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>A memo </text><choice_g><choice>behind</choice><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>over</choice></choice_g><text> the curriculum changes from the Head of Education.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>These findings were statistically consistent </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">among</choice><choice>off</choice><choice>over</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> studies.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>I made a slow and painful descent </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice correct="y">down</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> the stairs.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>He would faint </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">at</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>for</choice><choice>of</choice></choice_g><text> the sight of blood.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>He was overjoyed </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice correct="y">at</choice><choice>for</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> the thought of having a son.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>She's always arguing </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice>in</choice><choice>through</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> her mother.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>I find a perverse delight </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>on</choice></choice_g><text> listening to traffic.</text></item>
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