'put the plates ON the table' vs 'put the plates OVER the table'

[Ceo Neeraj]

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #48 "Common Prepositions", question 7

Please put the plates ......... the table.

(a) over
(b) for
(c) to
(d) on

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #48 "Common Prepositions", answer 7

Please put the plates on the table.

Correct answer: (d) on

Your answer was: correct
_________________________

Please explain the deffrence between "put the plates OVER the table" and "put the plates OVER the table"

[Ceo Neeraj]

Oops! Sorry for the typo, I wanted to know the deffrence between "put the plates ON the table" and "put the plates OVER the table".

[Readingsgir]

I want to know the answer also...
=(

[Torsten]

The correct option is 'put the plates on the table' because 'putting the plates over the table' doesn't make sense. It would mean to put the plates above the table so that they don't touch the table.

TOEIC listening, photographs: Playing paint ball

[Readingsgir]

Thank you so much =)