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What's the difference between `I am giving an exam' and `I'm taking an exam'?

(U. N. Limaye, Pune)

When you say that you are `taking' an exam, it means that you are going to be writing one. In other words, you are going to be a candidate, an examinee. When you say that you are going to be `giving' an exam, it means that you are going to give someone else an exam; you are the examiner. You are probably a teacher and you are going to give your students an exam. In India, this distinction is not always maintained.

"The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant - and let the air out of their tires." — Dorothy Parker

S. UPENDRAN

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