26. What is wrong with this sentence?
"She was cleaning the garage while she saw a spider."
a) "cleaning" must be "clean"
b)"saw" must be "was seeing"
c) "while" must be "when"
d) "cleaning" must be "cleaned"
Answers
she was cleaning the garage when she saw a spider
Answer:
c) "while" must be "when"
She saw a spider when she was cleaning the garage.
Explanation:
Generally both “when” and “while” conjunctions are related to past tense. Whereas “while” emphasizes an act in certain times or continues in a determined time frame, “when” is used for actions in the past that do not last or instant actions.
For the question, she was cleaning the garage when she saw the spider option is correct because the part of sentence after while is not a time bound action. It's an instant action. Therefore, according to my understanding the conjunction 'when' is more suitable here.
If I am not wrong, the following sentence formation would also be correct-
She saw a spider when she was cleaning the garage.
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