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<exercise subhead="dragdrop"/><media type="none"/><head><title>Drag and drop</title><task>Match the two halves of the sentences. Click on the text to complete the sentence and then drag it into the appropriate box.</task></head><body>
<item><text>December is a busy </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">month for most shops.</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>For his first book he received the princely </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">sum of $400.</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>Pregnant women received a double </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">ration of milk.</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>The play was a complete </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">disaster from beginning to end.</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>With her had gone every </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">shred of hope he had for the future.</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>Follow these few simple </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">rules, and you won't go far wrong.</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>We had a blazing </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">row over who should do the cooking.</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>The pungent </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">aroma of hay and horse manure filled his nostrils.</choice></choice_g></item>
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