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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>They gave their names </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>behind</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> turn.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>They hovered by the door, poised </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> flight.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>This move could be seriously detrimental </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>beyond</choice><choice>in</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> the economy.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>This feeds the paper </text><choice_g><choice>at</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>on</choice><choice correct="y">through</choice></choice_g><text> to the printer.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>The idea had been bouncing </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice correct="y">around</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> in my head for some time.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>He was highly adept </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice correct="y">at</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> avoiding trouble.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>The article is reprinted </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice correct="y">by</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> consent of the author.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>The noise was audible even </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">above</choice><choice>in</choice><choice>toward</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> the roar of the engines.</text></item>
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