Question

the girls sang ____ the boys played (while/during)

Answer 1

The girls sang while the boys played

Answer 2

The correct option for the given sentence is while.

• The two options are given for the sentence have different usage although both the options(while/during) mean the phenomenon that occurs at the same time.

• 'While' is considered as the conjunction and 'during' is considered as the preposition.
• As we know 'during' is used before a noun and 'while' before a sentence and here we can see 'The girl sang' is a sentence so the use of 'while' is the more appropriate one.