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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>She was just awakening </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>against</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> sleep.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>The government imposed restraints </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>in</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice></choice_g><text> spending.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>For more detail </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>by</choice><choice>off</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice></choice_g><text> how to obtain a visa, see page 8.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>The movie proved to be a milestone </text><choice_g><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>off</choice></choice_g><text> the history of cinema.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>It was </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>toward</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> great sadness that we learned of his death.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>Jane felt remote </text><choice_g><choice>for</choice><choice correct="y">from</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> what was going on around her.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>He was imprisoned </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>over</choice></choice_g><text> a dungeon.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>The air was thick </text><choice_g><choice>behind</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> dust.</text></item>
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