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--instructions--

This task doesn't have audio. Read the question below and select the correct answer.

--questions--

--text--

Which sentence uses the word during correctly to talk about time?

--answers--

He arrived during the door.

--feedback--

During should refer to a time period, not an object.


She walked during the park.

--feedback--

During should not be used with a place like this.


We had several meetings during the afternoon.


They spoke during each other loudly.

--feedback--

It sounds like the meaning should be to or with.

--video-solution--

3

--explanation--

During is used to show that something happens within a specific time period. It is followed by a time word like the afternoon, the meeting, or the week.

In the sentence We had several meetings during the afternoon, it means the meetings took place at some point in the afternoon time frame.