PAST CONTINUOUS X SIMPLE PAST

THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS

A. W ATCH THE MOVIE SEGMENT AND FILL IN THE BLANKS W ITH THE SIMPLE PAST OR THE PAST
CONTINUOUS FORM OF THE VERBS IN PARENTHESES.

1) Chris ___________________ (cook) burgers for breakfast

when his landlord _________________ (knock) on his door.

2) The police ___________________ (arrest) Chris when

he ___________________ (paint) the house.

3) Chris ___________________ (pay) some parking tickets when the officer

___________________ (tell) him he was supposed to spend the night in jail.

4) When Chris ________________ (call) his ex-wife, she _______________ (work).

5) 5) When he _______________ (enter) the elevator, he _________________(try)

to button up his jacket.

6) He ___________________ (wait) in the waiting room when the secretary

___________________ (call) out his name.

7) When he ___________________ (walk) through the office, businesspeople

___________________ (talk) on the phone, ___________________ (speak)

very loudly, and ____________________ (work) a lot.

8) The Board ___________________ (wait) for Chris when the secretary

___________________ (announce) him.