Thank you very much for you lesson.
I don’t understand why in sentence “Every night, Jason fall asleep ___watching television” the answer is while because I think in this case “watching television” is a noun.
please! explain to me
I will try to solve your doubt, I am not 100% sure, so If I am wrong sorry, but in that case, watching television -> “watching” is the act of to watch television, so it’s a verb. A noun is a Person, Place or Thing.Only television is the noun.
Very nice lesson, just a question,
on the fourth quiz question , I put
“During” the cake was baking, Diane washed the dishes.
And on the score said that I was wrong, but Isn’t cake a noun?
So why is that wrong? Maybe because it was the beggining of the sentence…
I think I can help you out. And to Rebecca, thanks for making these videos.
It really helps to know the parts of speech when trying to understand English. During is a preposition; that’s why nouns are usually following. While on the other hand is usually a conjunction. So what do you do if you find yourself unsure of which word to use? Plug in the definition and see if the sentence still makes sense. Here are some definitions (from Marriam Webster’s online dictionary:
During – Prepostion – throughout the duration of
While – Conjunction – during the time that
Now to use your example
During/While the cake was baking, Diane washed the dishes.
So plug in the definitions and see which one makes better sense…
1. Throughout the duration of the cake was baking, Diane washed the dishes.
or
2. During the time that the cake was baking, Diane washed the dishes.
Which one makes more sense? To me, “duration of the cake,” seems a little odd but “during the time that the cake was baking,” while long, still makes sense. Since this is the definition of “while,” “while” would be the better word to use here.
While not 100% foolproof, the technique can help you out most of the time.
helo Rebecca
Thank you so much, your way of teaching is very nice like you, may i have your skyype address, i would like to learn english like u speak , thanks you very much.
Durvila
thank you for your effort on teaching English (and to the rest of the team as well)! It helps me a lot to kind of proceed my knowledge about the English language. One question about this video is remaining: I’ve heard about ‘whilst’ in some cases. So how can I use this in a proper way?
Hello,
I thought I will not understand but I have got 100 in quiz.
It made me very happy. Thank you for excelent explanations.
I am your personal fan, please stay with your students.
Silvia Czech Rep.
I am so glad from you an from your related teems. you all great teachers for me and for all those watch your lessons.
I wish good chance for you and form your friends.
Excellent! Great! You remove all my confusions in these case. Thanks a lot. Please keep on these efforts for the sake of large community of students who likes a teacher like you.
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Miriam Sena de Santana
I like this teacher, because her explaination is too much clear!!!!
Thank you Rebecca
letruong
Thank you very much for you lesson.
I don’t understand why in sentence “Every night, Jason fall asleep ___watching television” the answer is while because I think in this case “watching television” is a noun.
please! explain to me
I will try to solve your doubt, I am not 100% sure, so If I am wrong sorry, but in that case, watching television -> “watching” is the act of to watch television, so it’s a verb. A noun is a Person, Place or Thing.Only television is the noun.
Marcos
RebeccaESL
Thanks, Marcos. You’re right! Good job!
Thanking you mame for your clear teaching
mubeen
Hector
Dear Rebecca,
I would like that you write while you explain.
Thanks a lot.
Sincerely.
Hector.
Will try and do that. Thanks.
RebeccaESL
dolly
i like you ma’am..,^_^
alvaradoybarra
please ,write your solucion,thanks
kate
I like the way your teach, it will help me to improve my English.Thank you~~^^
Marcos
Very nice lesson, just a question,
on the fourth quiz question , I put
“During” the cake was baking, Diane washed the dishes.
And on the score said that I was wrong, but Isn’t cake a noun?
So why is that wrong? Maybe because it was the beggining of the sentence…
Thanks
Dear Marco,
I think I can help you out. And to Rebecca, thanks for making these videos.
It really helps to know the parts of speech when trying to understand English. During is a preposition; that’s why nouns are usually following. While on the other hand is usually a conjunction. So what do you do if you find yourself unsure of which word to use? Plug in the definition and see if the sentence still makes sense. Here are some definitions (from Marriam Webster’s online dictionary:
During – Prepostion – throughout the duration of
While – Conjunction – during the time that
Now to use your example
During/While the cake was baking, Diane washed the dishes.
So plug in the definitions and see which one makes better sense…
1. Throughout the duration of the cake was baking, Diane washed the dishes.
or
2. During the time that the cake was baking, Diane washed the dishes.
Which one makes more sense? To me, “duration of the cake,” seems a little odd but “during the time that the cake was baking,” while long, still makes sense. Since this is the definition of “while,” “while” would be the better word to use here.
While not 100% foolproof, the technique can help you out most of the time.
Bill Ralens
Bill
RebeccaESL
Thanks, Bill, for your detailed explanation.
testing
EnglishLessons4U
victonny
Good teacher . From Brazil
Reynaldo
Rebecca,thanks a lot for your help.I think that your teaching is very good!
nandin
Thanks for your lessons. I’m very grateful in this lesson. Now I know how I can say correct during and while. Thank you very much Rebecca.
akram
great job! thanks
aijaz khatti
this was great. I greatly enjoyed it.
lian
sorry!!!!!
but it was bad and very confused
Lian
Abdulkarim
Thank you.
ktugran
thank u but ı want to watch your videos,Iam new here ı thınk ı couldnt find :(please help me
What problem are you having exactly?
RebeccaESL
RebeccaESL
Thanks to everyone for your feedback. Glad I could help most of you.
justice
you lesson is easy to undetstand, but it is better if you write more; I aprriciate your effort. thanhks so much
Will keep that in mind. Thanks.
RebeccaESL
aldammak
Thank you
RebeccaESL
Thanks to all for your feedback.
rema22
hi Rebeccaesl, thank you very much .your video is short ,but it is very interesting.
Dino17
Thank you, Rebecca. Very easy to understand for me. Test 100%!
kshrikant2001
Thank you, Rebecca.
roshanak
thank you,it was simple and great.
Maslax
Thank you so much, it’s realy great watching and listening your video lessons.
durvika123
helo Rebecca
Thank you so much, your way of teaching is very nice like you, may i have your skyype address, i would like to learn english like u speak , thanks you very much.
Durvila
You may contact me at our school email:
info@diplomatschool.com
Thanks.
RebeccaESL
Gabriel
Hi Rebecca,
thank you for your effort on teaching English (and to the rest of the team as well)! It helps me a lot to kind of proceed my knowledge about the English language. One question about this video is remaining: I’ve heard about ‘whilst’ in some cases. So how can I use this in a proper way?
“Whilst” is not used very often anymore, but in essence it is used in the same way as the word “while”.
He knocked on the door whilst I was cooking.
Whilst cleaning, look out for my keys. I can’t find them.
My best wishes to you.
RebeccaESL
Khan
Mam, you teach very comprehensively. I have little confusion in using of could have and would have. Could you please guide me. Regards
Suka
Hi Rebecca,
Congratulations for your video-class. The best. Please, could you
write during your explanation?
Thank you very much.
mobi
mam your way of teaching is very sweet.Thanks
RebeccaESL
Thanks to all for you feedback.
silvia
Hello,
I thought I will not understand but I have got 100 in quiz.
It made me very happy. Thank you for excelent explanations.
I am your personal fan, please stay with your students.
Silvia Czech Rep.
Faizullah Faizan
Hi RebeccaESL,
I am so glad from you an from your related teems. you all great teachers for me and for all those watch your lessons.
I wish good chance for you and form your friends.
Thanks so much,
Faizullah Faizan
Kabul Afghanistan
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younes from morocco
thanks a lot first i have on quation is while is look like same meaning of when is i m right on no thanks again
Hardeep Singh
Mam thank you very much for your help. I have watched your videos on you tube.
joshua joseph
i like the way you teaching………………………………………… while i listened to you………… i have nothing to say……………
Mostafiz
Excellent! Great! You remove all my confusions in these case. Thanks a lot. Please keep on these efforts for the sake of large community of students who likes a teacher like you.
noureen khurshedi
hi, thank you for your all help.best wishes for you.
tonyd
Thanks Rebecca
Pavoreal01
Great lesson for me.
Alex Barbosa
I love your classes, thank you so much!
yonas
I enjoy your classes, thank you very much!
Emily
I realy catch something useful, thanks a lot Rebecca
Neelam777
Thanks a lot Rebecca. Your explanation is so much clear.
gill
thank u mam
samrath jaiswar
i like ur teaching way you are very polite
samrath jaiswar
hi rebecca teacher,
your teaching way is very polite and soft and thak u 4 teaching us
CRAZY
I REALLLY ENJOYED REBACCA, WHILE I WAS WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS.
THANKS
anosha
Thank you for your all your help.
mokhtar
I realy like it. thanks Rebecca
carmen
is good but you MUST write was so quick…
while + ver + ing, all the time you said (or i heard) ing after while..could you explain..tks
arshad14114
I love the way to teach the topic, outstanding…………….. God Bless you
john
well what i can say is that its more than clear your explanation but ill recommend you to use the board in order to help another people thanks