Dear Epit,

Here, in the UK, the Student, talking in the Past Simple Tense, (for example), would say one of the following sentences:

�Last week, I took my Exam�                                          (I went into the Exam Room and answered the Questions.)

�Last week, I sat my Exam�.                                           (I went into the Exam Room and answered the Questions.)

�Last week, I did my Exam�.                                           (I went into the Exam Room and answered the Questions.)

�Last week, I had my Exam�.                                          (My Exam was last week and now it is finished.)

�Last week, I passed my Exam�.                                   (My Exam was last week and I was successful.)

�Last week, I failed my Exam�.                                      (My Exam was last week and I was not successful.)

Here, in the UK, the Teacher, talking in the Past Simple Tense, (for example), would say one of the following sentences:

�Last week, I gave my Students an Exam�.                                  (They went into the Exam Room and answered the Questions.)

�Last week, I SET my Students an Exam�.                                     (They went into the Exam Room and answered the Questions.)

�Last week, my Students sat their Exam�.                                    (They went into the Exam Room and answered the Questions.)

�Last week, my Students took their Exam�.                                 (They went into the Exam Room and answered the Questions.)

�Last week, my Students had their Exam�.                                  (The Exam was last week and now it is finished.)

 �Last week, I prepared an Exam for my Students�.                  (I wrote the Exam Questions, ready for the Exam next week.)

�Last week, I marked the Exam Papers�.                                       (I gave every Student an Exam mark, for example, 60%. )

 �Last week, 20 Students passed the Exam�.                                (In the Exam, 20 Students were successful.)

�Last week, 2 Students failed the Exam�.                                     (In the Exam, 2 Students were not successful.)

In the UK, the Teacher does NOT normally say:  �I will make my Students an Exam!�

In the UK, the Teacher does NOT normally say:  �I will take my Students an Exam!�

I hope that this helps.

Les

Neru006,

You write: �Sorry but the correct expression is "My students sat for an exam last week".�

Perhaps in South America, (or in the USA), you would speak as you do.

However, I was careful to write, (but you must not have read), that I was from the UK.

In the UK,

�My students sat an exam last week�

 is perfectly correct.

�Oxford Dictionary of English�, 2006, page 1654.

Sit: [with an object] British: take (an examination) pupils are required to sit nine subjects at GCSE.| [with no object] he was about to sit for his Cambridge entrance exam.    

Les Douglas