I was at the class/in the class.

[Aamir Tariq]

When you are attending a class as a student. And you talk about it later with a friend. How will you say it.

1. I was in the class when you were calling me.
   
2. I was at the class when you were calling me.

Tell me about the preposition that is more suited to this situation.

Regards,
Aamir the Global Citizen

 

[GoesStation]

In is the right preposition to use here.

It sounds like your friend called while you were in class. If so, you should say I was in (the) class when you called me.

 

[kilroy65]

If you mean you were in the middle of a lesson with your teacher (and your classmates), you can say I was in class when you called.

(Cross-posted with GoesStation)

 

[Aamir Tariq]

Ok that was one way of looking at it. Now for instance if it is a teacher who is saying the same thing. So will teacher also be using "in" because he is there to deliver a lecture and the class is his workplace. And when someone is at a workplace we use "at".

So should we use "in" for a student who is attending a lecture but "at" for a teacher who is delivering a lecture?

1. John: I was at the class delivering a lecture, while you called.
   
2. John: I was in the class delivering a lecture, while you called.
   

 

[Tarheel]

Perhaps:

I was teaching class.