Fill in: next to, on, among, above, between, under, beside, in, against or in the middle of. 

Mrs Moore is having a party this evening. She’s standing (1) _______ her guests (2) _______ the room pointing at a picture (3) _______ the fireplace. There’s a lot of food (4)_______ the table and (5)_______  the table there are several empty bottles. (6)_______ the fireplace is the record player. A man is standing (7) _______ it. A waitress is coming through the door holding a tray of drinks. A man is leaning (8) _______ the wall (9) _______ two women. They are holding glasses (10) _______ their hands.

I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.

1. A. funny                     B. lazy                            C. friendly                      D. why

2. A. sure                        B. sunny                         C. person                        D. spider

3. A. barbecue                 B. delicious                     C. because                      D. conversation

4. A. selfish                     B. helpful                        C. different                     D. endless

5. A. long                        B. movies                        C. short                           D. shopping

6. A. teacher                    B. beautiful                     C. sweater                       D. beach

7. A. T-shirts                   B. sneakers                      C. blanks                        D. sports

8. A. looks                       B. makes                         C. helps                          D. listens

9. A. glasses                    B. changes                      C. headlines                    D. beaches

10. A. underlined            B. placed                        C. missed                        D. acted

11. A. blond                   B. vegetable                    C. black                         D. blanket
12. A. light                     B. stripe                          C. slim                           D. fine

13. A. terrible                 B. cable                          C. syllable                      D. block