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    While and when are used to indicate timing, but with some differences. While is used for actions that overlap or occur simultaneously, and the tense of the second clause depends on whether it interrupts or overlaps the first action. When is used for actions that intersect or interrupt the first action, and the tense of the second clause is always simple past regardless of whether it interrupts or overlaps. Examples are provided to illustrate the proper uses of while and when in sentences.

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    While and when are used to indicate timing, but with some differences. While is used for actions that overlap or occur simultaneously, and the tense of the second clause depends on whether it interrupts or overlaps the first action. When is used for actions that intersect or interrupt the first action, and the tense of the second clause is always simple past regardless of whether it interrupts or overlaps. Examples are provided to illustrate the proper uses of while and when in sentences.

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    When (Cuando) While (Mientras) : Intersect or Interrupt The Action That Was in Progress

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    While and when are used to indicate timing, but with some differences. While is used for actions that overlap or occur simultaneously, and the tense of the second clause depends on whether it interrupts or overlaps the first action. When is used for actions that intersect or interrupt the first action, and the tense of the second clause is always simple past regardless of whether it interrupts or overlaps. Examples are provided to illustrate the proper uses of while and when in sentences.

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    As a general rule, we use while with that action that is in progress and we use when with those actions

    that
    intersect or interrupt the action that was in progress.
    ✓ When (cuando)
    ✓ While (mientras)
    The verb tense we use does not really depend on when or while, but on what we are expressing. In fact, the
    action that was in progress in the past will always appear in the past continuous (except if the verb is static
    -verbs that do not support continuous forms ending in -ing) and the action that crosses or interrupts will
    appear in simple past.

    1. You know when we start working on the project


    2. When did you do that?
    3. When did you buy it?
    4. I was walking home when I saw Steve
    5. When he arrived home he didn't know what to do
    6. My mother got mad when she saw me doing my makeup
    7. The party turned wild when Taylor started to dance
    8. Bertha stopped eating when her daughter was lost
    9. When I was a kid, I loved to play with balloons
    10. When is your anniversary?

    1. I fell asleep while reading


    2. Be quiet while I am speaking
    3. We should leave while we still can
    4. She reads the newspaper while eating breakfast
    5. While they were on vacation their car was stolen
    6. I was traveling to London while she was driving to Madrid
    7. While he was sick, he lost a lot of weight.
    8. I can’t talk to anyone while I’m driving
    9. Did anyone call me while I was out?
    10. While I was making a birthday cake, a bird flew into the kitchen

    https://wikiejemplos.com/oraciones-ingles-con-when/
    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es-LA/grammar/british-grammar/as-when-or-while
    https://whatsup.es/blog/when-y-while-parecidos-diferencias

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