THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS*
(*The correct spelling is “happiness” with ‘i’, but the movie title is “happyness” with ‘y’)
Watch the movie segment and fill in the blanks with the Simple Past or the Past Continuous form of the verbs in parentheses.
1) Chris WAS COOKING (cook) burgers for dinner when his landlord KNOCKED
(knock) on his door.
2) The police ARRESTED (arrest)
Chris when he WAS PAINTING (paint) the house.
3) Chris WAS PAYING (pay) some
parking tickets when the officer TOLD (tell) him he was supposed
to spend the night in jail.
4) When Chris CALLED (call) his
ex-wife, she WAS WORKING (work) hard.
5) When he ENTERED (enter) the
elevator, he WAS TRYING (try) to button up his jacket.
6) He WAS WAITING (wait) in the
waiting room when the secretary CALLED (call) out his name.
7) When he WALKED (walk) through
the office, business people WERE TALKING (talk) on the phone, SPEAKING
(speak) very loudly, and WORKING (work) a lot.
8) The Board WAS WAITING (wait)
for Chris when the secretary ANNOUNCED (announce) him.
Good movie, sad history :)
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