How can cat be sitting on a wall?

[Kaysi]

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #82 "Prepositons Test", question 8

The cat issitting ......... the wall.

(a) on
(b) over
(c) above
(d) underneath

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #82 "Prepositons Test", answer 8

The cat issitting on the wall.

Correct answer: (a) on

Your answer was: incorrect
The cat issitting underneath the wall.
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i think you are trying to say the cat is sitting on the wall, if that so, how can it be sitting on a wall?

Kaysi

[Conchita]

There are different kinds of walls. Usually they are structures of brick/stone, etc. forming:

a) the side of a room or building
b) the boundary of a piece of land

A cat can sit on the second kind of wall. Or it can jump over it . It can also go to the wall, which means it is defeated -- maybe when it couldn't catch a mouse and all this sent/drove the cat up the wall (made it furious!).

I hope you won't find these explanations off the wall (strange) .

[Rishi070]

hi,
why the answer (b)over is not right?
thanks.

[Alan]

Hi,

'Over' often suggests movement and doesn't really fit with the verb 'sit', which would indicate a fixed position. You can say: The cat jumped over the wall (from one side to the other) or: The tree is hanging over the wall (grows up one side and down the other side).

Alan
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[Rishi070]

Hi Alan,
got it. thanks.

[Sasooo]

Alan I can't get it ( sit on) please answer me

[Shyone]

I sit on a sofa or a chair, the cat is sitting on top of (on) the wall
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