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.