Grammar activities (Elementary) - Coleen Degnan-Veness 2003

What Do You Do...?

1 Read the questions and circle the best word: when or while.

1 What do you do (when)/ while the phone rings?

a. run and answer it immediately

b. wait and listen to the person on the answering machine

c. wait for somebody else to answer the phone

2 What do you do when I while you're waiting at the dentist's?

a. read a magazine

b. bite your fingernails

c. think about your last visit to the dentist

3 What do you do when / while you're sitting on an aeroplane for four hours?

a. read a good long book

b. play games

c. sleep

4 What do you do when / while you can't find your trainers?

a. look for them until you find them

b. ask your Mum where they are

c. get angry

5 What do you do when I while you are studying for a very difficult exam?

a. close the door and work quietly

b. listen to the radio and study at the same time

c. stop every ten minutes to get a drink

6 What do you do when / while your bicycle doesn't work?

a. get some tools and mend the bicycle

b. wait for your dad to mend the bicycle

c. get angry

2 For each question choose the answer which best describes what you would do. Then read the personality analysis below.