Grammar pedants to check this please.....

[gameboy]

DS1 has been set some preposition homework which includes filling in blank with a preposition.

The sentence is:

I was sat --- the teacher.

Now, surely this should be either
a) I sat _ the teacher, or
b) I was sitting _ the teacher.

?

Or am I old fashioned and does this pass ofr OK these days?

eek - you are right there gameboy!

Or

c) I was seated _ the teacher

I hate this too and I agree with you. Bet it's considered ok these days though.

You're correct!

seated

bessie beat me!

are you going to correct it for the teacher ? I was v tempted to correct my son's teacher once when she misspelled something in his homework book

Aha - thought so... so what do I do? Mark it in red pen and send it back with his homework??

Perhaps the correct answer is "I was sat upon by the teacher."

yes - write 'see me' on it too !

OK - and here I can demonstrate my own ignorance.... would 'next to' qualify as a preposition, or does it have to be a single word?

This link seems to suggest that 'sat' is the right word to use when in the context that the child was put there instead of sitting there of her own accord. (If that makes sense)

E.g. I was sat next to the teacher for being naughty

near - if you have to use the sentence provided

Even in that case seated would be correct imo. Th eteacher setaed me by the wall for being an irritating pita or I was seated (by te teacher) by said wall for being a pita

According to wiki - the following are prepositions
Astride
beside
by
opposite
underneath

Please please please please - as a secondary school English teacher can I beg you not to let this teacher get away with teaching 'I was sat beside...???? It takes me sooooooooooooooooooo long to correct it by the time they reach me in Yr 7 - they never believe that Mrs Whatsername was wrong

Fill the space with 'on by'and send it back

Sorry ThreadyKrueger - see you beat me to it!

Oh dear. If the teacher gets the homework wrong, do the kids get to put her in detention?

opens thread and shudders

closes thread quietly

Jura - even in reception Miss X was correct and Mummy was wrong. Mummy clamped her hand over her mouth to prevent her from pointing out to ds that Mummy had rather more qualifications than Miss X. - but NOT in the teaching of small children

It is a bit ambiguous. The intended meaning of "I was sat" might be "I was seated" - i.e. seated there by someone else. But whether it's right to say "sat" in that context, I kind of doubt. Because you wouldn't say "I was stood" (even though some would, it's not right). Whatever meaning was intended, the exercise was obviously devised without due care and attention. Poor marks for teacher.

Another vote for "on by". You know it makes sense (quite literally).

I shouldn't have said "kind of doubt", should I? If we're being exact. Poor marks for me too.