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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 team was left raging </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">at</choice><choice>between</choice><choice>for</choice></choice_g><text> the referee's decision.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>Forecasts </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">about</choice><choice>across</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>on</choice></choice_g><text> the economy are often misleading.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>He did not reply </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>of</choice><choice>over</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> my letter.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>I'm going to Paris </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">on</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice>to</choice></choice_g><text> business.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>The industry is still </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice>from</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>over</choice></choice_g><text> decline.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>His fingers curled tightly </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">around</choice><choice>as</choice><choice>at</choice><choice>for</choice></choice_g><text> the steering wheel.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>She faces trial </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>around</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>onto</choice></choice_g><text> murder.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>I still hankered </text><choice_g><choice>beyond</choice><choice correct="y">for</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> the farm life.</text></item>
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