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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 deadline </text><choice_g><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>to</choice><choice>under</choice></choice_g><text> entries is noon Thursday.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>He served as envoy </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>as</choice><choice>through</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> the French government.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>My fingers and thumbs swelled </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>for</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> grotesque proportions.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>They tried to seek shelter </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>toward</choice></choice_g><text> the rain.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>She was always finding fault </text><choice_g><choice>from</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>over</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> his manners.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>The water was shining faintly </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>off</choice></choice_g><text> the moonlight.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>He copied that mannerism </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> his brother.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>He felt sweaty </text><choice_g><choice>into</choice><choice>over</choice><choice>to</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> embarrassment.</text></item>
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