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Help the embarrassed teenager complete his text message about a disastrous date by dragging the correct time words into the blanks.

We got to the theater early, so we bought our popcorn before the movie started. Everything was fine at first, but I accidentally fell asleep during the main feature! I only woke up while my date was angrily shaking my arm to tell me it was over. Next time, I am drinking three cups of coffee!

We got to the theater early, so we bought our popcorn before the movie started.

Because they arrived early, buying popcorn happened prior to the movie starting, making before the only logical choice.

Everything was fine at first, but I accidentally fell asleep during the main feature!

We use during before a noun phrase ("the main feature") to show that something happened within a period of time. We cannot use "while" here because there is no subject and verb immediately following it.

I only woke up while my date was angrily shaking my arm to tell me it was over.

We use while before a clause (subject + verb: "my date was angrily shaking") to show that two actions were happening at the exact same time.

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