English IV: Week Activity

Using When, While, Before and After.

Exercise 1. Choose the correct option. Underline ‘when’ or ‘while’.

1. Susan was writing a letter when/while Peter was reading the report.
2. Mark was driving a car when/while he had a car accident.
3. When/While I was cooking dinner, I burned my hand.
4. Sharon found money when/while she was walking in the park.
5. Eduardo was washing his car when/while John arrived.

Exercise 2. Write a short story of a special event that happened to you.

Use when, while, before and after. The story should have at least 5 sentences.
When I was…. starting to buy books by my own, I only looked at the title, before I
didn’t mind spending a lot of money on a single book, but after several months it was when
I found a book that would change my mind forever, it was a philosophy book that cost no
more than 30 pesos that made me realize that while some people buy books on the Kindle,
like my mother, I am interested in buying books of an economic value.
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