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today we’re doing the difference between
during and while and later meanwhile
they all mean at the same time or in the
middle of another action but we use them
in different ways let me give you an
example
we’ll start with during or during both
pronunciations are fine doesn’t matter
how you pronounce it but in a sentence
there must be a noun after the word
during I pronounce a jury for example I
want to say I hate people who talk in
the middle of movies it’s very annoying
don’t do it but I replace in the middle
of with during it means the same thing
and after we have that noun movies
that’s perfect this is a good sentence
it’s great you’re beautiful beautiful
sentence but how about while it means
the same thing can I replace during with
while no if I say I hate people who talk
while movies this is a rubbish sentence
you can’t say that so how do we use
while hmm with while you need a clause a
subject and a verb its sentence so let’s
imagine you’re in bed you’re trying to
sleep and then all of a sudden you hear
a loud noise so in the middle of trying
to sleep you heard a noise there was an
interruption
while I was trying to sleep
I heard a noise and it doesn’t matter
where you put this sentence
it could be first it could be after like
I heard a noise while I was trying to
sleep that’s fine it doesn’t matter
where you put it
also notice the subject is the same in
both sentences while I was trying to
sleep I heard a noise in this case you
don’t need to repeat the subject in the
wild sentence so we could have while
trying we’d actually remove the be verb
for continuous tenses doesn’t matter if
it’s was in past continuous or is in
present and the subject of course if
it’s the same so it could read while
trying to sleep I heard a noise or of
course I heard a noise while trying to
sleep that’s fine too but if you remove
the subject and the be verb then it
definitely definitely sounds more formal
so keep that in mind if you’re trying to
speak formally that sounds great but in
casual conversation it’s much more
common not to do that I would more
commonly say oh my god last night while
I was trying to sleep I heard a noise
made me cry should we use while only
with continuous tenses no not
necessarily let me give you an example I
play drums while she slept
this is not a continuous tense this is a
past simple how about a present simple
let’s try that
she eats ice cream while I work or the
other way while I work she just eats ice
cream this is a present simple tense so
it doesn’t have to be past doesn’t have
to be past continuous it can be anything
just know that while means in the middle
of this this happens or at the same time
as this this happens that’s how you use
it but how about meanwhile is that the
same thing it sounds the same how do I
use that well this also means at the
same time but more commonly it’s used to
talk about two different locations two
completely different subjects for
example in one city Superman was flying
and saving the world at the same time in
a different city but we could say
meanwhile remember meanwhile means at
the same time but in a different thing
so Superman was flying and saving the
world meanwhile in Gotham in a different
place Batman was crying chemo I hope you
enjoyed today’s lesson tell me in the
comments why was Batman crying also try
to make your own sentences using during
ordering while and meanwhile give me a
thumbs up if you can share this video it
really helps me grow my channel I’ll see
you in the next class
[Music]
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today we’re doing the difference between
during and while and later meanwhile
they all mean at the same time or in the
middle of another action but we use them
in different ways let me give you an
example
we’ll start with during or during both
pronunciations are fine doesn’t matter
how you pronounce it but in a sentence
there must be a noun after the word
during I pronounce a jury for example I
want to say I hate people who talk in
the middle of movies it’s very annoying
don’t do it but I replace in the middle
of with during it means the same thing
and after we have that noun movies
that’s perfect this is a good sentence
it’s great you’re beautiful beautiful
sentence but how about while it means
the same thing can I replace during with
while no if I say I hate people who talk
while movies this is a rubbish sentence
you can’t say that so how do we use
while hmm with while you need a clause a
subject and a verb its sentence so let’s
imagine you’re in bed you’re trying to
sleep and then all of a sudden you hear
a loud noise so in the middle of trying
to sleep you heard a noise there was an
interruption
while I was trying to sleep
I heard a noise and it doesn’t matter
where you put this sentence
it could be first it could be after like
I heard a noise while I was trying to
sleep that’s fine it doesn’t matter
where you put it
also notice the subject is the same in
both sentences while I was trying to
sleep I heard a noise in this case you
don’t need to repeat the subject in the
wild sentence so we could have while
trying we’d actually remove the be verb
for continuous tenses doesn’t matter if
it’s was in past continuous or is in
present and the subject of course if
it’s the same so it could read while
trying to sleep I heard a noise or of
course I heard a noise while trying to
sleep that’s fine too but if you remove
the subject and the be verb then it
definitely definitely sounds more formal
so keep that in mind if you’re trying to
speak formally that sounds great but in
casual conversation it’s much more
common not to do that I would more
commonly say oh my god last night while
I was trying to sleep I heard a noise
made me cry should we use while only
with continuous tenses no not
necessarily let me give you an example I
play drums while she slept
this is not a continuous tense this is a
past simple how about a present simple
let’s try that
she eats ice cream while I work or the
other way while I work she just eats ice
cream this is a present simple tense so
it doesn’t have to be past doesn’t have
to be past continuous it can be anything
just know that while means in the middle
of this this happens or at the same time
as this this happens that’s how you use
it but how about meanwhile is that the
same thing it sounds the same how do I
use that well this also means at the
same time but more commonly it’s used to
talk about two different locations two
completely different subjects for
example in one city Superman was flying
and saving the world at the same time in
a different city but we could say
meanwhile remember meanwhile means at
the same time but in a different thing
so Superman was flying and saving the
world meanwhile in Gotham in a different
place Batman was crying chemo I hope you
enjoyed today’s lesson tell me in the
comments why was Batman crying also try
to make your own sentences using during
ordering while and meanwhile give me a
thumbs up if you can share this video it
really helps me grow my channel I’ll see
you in the next class
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