1. there were ……………. ten students in the class.
we use under to mean less than or younger than.
2. parts of the country are ……………. sea level.
we use below in measurements of temperature and height.
3. the climbers stopped a few hundred meters ……………. the top of the mountain.
we use below when one thing is not directly under another thing.
4. who is that child sitting ……………. your mother?
beside means at the side of or next to.
5. he can play all the musical instruments ……………. the violin.
6. he has a number of criminals ……………. his friends.
among can mean included in.
7. the office was closed ……………. the whole of may.
we use during to talk 