Question

This is important for an exam tommorow.Pls answer

Which option completes the phrase below to make a grammatically correct sentence?


Samita was walking down the street, __________


A. when she saw a peculiar looking man limping across.


B. but she saw a peculiar looking man limping across.


C. because she saw a peculiar looking man limping across.


D. while she saw a peculiar looking man limping across.

Answer 1

It’s A
We use ‘when’ for something that happened in short period of time like “the ball rand”

Now we use ‘while’ for long things like “Was walking”, ‘riding’, ‘cooking’ and so on.

We can have
While…, when…
And also
When…,while
While - long
When - short

Answer 2

A when she saw a peculiar looking man limping across