'While or During' Quiz

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While or During

Exercise Instructions: Clue- 'During' is a preposition and 'while' is a conjunction.

Q1 - We met ___ the Xmas holidays.
Q2 - I learned French ____ I was working in a wine bar in Paris.
Q3 - It happened ____ I was out.
Q4 - It happened ____ my lunchbreak.
Q5 - It happened ___ the flooding.
Q6 - It happened ___ the floods.
Q7 - I fell alseep _____ the film.
Q8 - I fell alseep _____ I was watching the film.
Q9 - We had a lot of trouble ____ the journey.
Q10 - ____ working there, I met some really nice people.

Printable Worksheet

Instructions: Clue- 'During' is a preposition and 'while' is a conjunction.

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Q1 - We met ___ the Xmas holidays.
 
during
 
while
Q2 - I learned French ____ I was working in a wine bar in Paris.
 
during
 
while
Q3 - It happened ____ I was out.
 
during
 
while
Q4 - It happened ____ my lunchbreak.
 
during
 
while
Q5 - It happened ___ the flooding.
 
during
 
while
Q6 - It happened ___ the floods.
 
during
 
while
Q7 - I fell alseep _____ the film.
 
during
 
while
Q8 - I fell alseep _____ I was watching the film.
 
during
 
while
Q9 - We had a lot of trouble ____ the journey.
 
during
 
while
Q10 - ____ working there, I met some really nice people.
 
During
 
While

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