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جلسه 12

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While vs during

Do you have a minute to spare to learn some English? Let Kee keep you in the know about the differences between while and during! Give us 60 seconds and we'll give you the English!

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Kee
Hi! This is Kee from BBC Learning English, and today, I'm going to tell you the differences between while and during. 

We can use while and during to say that a shorter event happened within a longer event. They mean the same, but the grammar's different.

After while, we have a clause. A clause is a group of words containing a subject and a verb. So we can say: While I was having lunch, my phone rang. Remember that the verb in the while clause is usually in an ING form.

We can also use while with just an ING form. So we can say: While having lunch, my phone rang. So we remove the subject and the 'be' verb.

However, during is different because it can only be used with a noun phrase. So we can say: During lunch, my phone rang. We cannot use a clause or just the ING form.

So, same meaning, but different grammar!

 

While vs during

Same meaning
While and during can mean the same thing, but their grammar is different. This is because while is a conjunction, but during is a preposition.

While
After while we use a clause. A clause is a group of words that contain a subject and a verb - for example: She ate. Remember, the verb that follows while is usually an ING verb. 

  • While I was having lunch, my phone rang.
  • While we were walking, we saw a bus.
  • While they ate dinner, they talked about the news.

It is also possible to use while with just an ING verb.

  • While having lunch, my phone rang.
  • While walking, we saw a bus.
  • While eating dinner, they talked about the news.

During
During must be followed by a noun phrase.

  • During lunch, my phone rang. 
  • During our walk, we saw a bus.
  • During dinner, they talked about the news.

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