Alice Chu
Member
- Joined
- Oct 14, 2019
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- Taiwan
- Current Location
- Taiwan
Please tell me if my understanding is correct.
1) When/As Tom visited me, I was having supper.
2) When/While/As I was having supper, Tom visited me.
3) When/As Candy finished her work, she had some snacks.
4) While Lisa was cooking, Joe was reading a newspaper.
5) While Joe was reading a newspaper, Lisa was cooking.
“While” can’t be replaced with “as” or “when” in sentence 4 and 5.
“While” can’t be used in sentence 1 or 3.
1) When/As Tom visited me, I was having supper.
2) When/While/As I was having supper, Tom visited me.
3) When/As Candy finished her work, she had some snacks.
4) While Lisa was cooking, Joe was reading a newspaper.
5) While Joe was reading a newspaper, Lisa was cooking.
“While” can’t be replaced with “as” or “when” in sentence 4 and 5.
“While” can’t be used in sentence 1 or 3.