During or While
Directions: Circle the best answer from the choices in parenthesis ().
My wife and I were planning a party for our parents' anniversary (during/while) a busy time of year. Their anniversary took place (during/while) the week of our birthdays. (During/While) we were planning their party, we also had to plan for our birthday celebrations.
My wife wanted me to go grocery shopping. (During/While) she made a list, I looked in the cabinets and the refrigerator to see what we needed to buy. We had to do all of this on Saturday because we were too busy (during/while) the week (during/while) we worked. She wanted to stay home (during/while) her favorite show, but she didn't mind that I went shopping (during/while) the playoff game. I thought it would be safe to get her birthday present (during/while) she was at home. I thought I could hide it in the car (during/while) the day. Then (during/while) she was sleeping, I could move it into the house.
(During/While) I was standing in line, I saw her. I covered her present with vegitables, and asked her why she was there. She said (during/while) she was watching TV, the phone rang. It was her parents calling to tell her they were on their way. (During/While) the call, the put on shoes and drove to the store to get their present. When we finally got back and opened the door, her parents yelled "Surprise!"
(During/While) the party, we laughed about how (during/while) we were planning to surprise them, they surprised us!