Jokes

Simple Past or Past Continuous?

• Moira struggledstrugglewas strugglingstruggling�to get the tomato ketchup out of the bottle. As she tiredwas trieingwas tryingtried, �the phone ringrangrungwas ringing�and her 4 year old daughter, Mia, was answeringanswersansweranswered�it saying, 'Sorry, mummy Moira�can't come to the phone at the moment because she's hitting the bottle.'

• Chriswas drivingdriveddrovedrives his 4 year old, Betsy, to the beach one summer when a woman in a cabriolet in front stand upstanded upstands upstood up and wavedwaveswas wavingwaving. She was absolutely naked and as Chris recoveringwas recoveringrecoveredrecover� from the shock he hearedheardwas hearinghear� Betsy shout,' Look, daddy, that woman isn't wearing a seat belt.'

• Steve, age 6 years,getgotwas gettinghas got� lost in�a sports complex. Seeing a ladies' locker room [changing facility] in front of him he dartsdartingwas dartingdarted�in to ask for help. When he was spotted, the room burstburstedwas burstingwere bursting into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. Steve watchingwatcheswatchwatched� in amazement and thenaskedwas askinghas askedasks, 'What's the matter, haven't you ever seen a little boy before?'

• A nursery school teacher observedobservingwas observingwere observing�her classroom of children while they was drawingwere drawingdrawdrew� Christmas scenes. She� occasionally walkedwas walkwalkingwalk� around to see each child's work. As she getwas gettinghas gotgot to little Sarah who workedwas workwas workingwas worked�diligently, she asked what the drawing was. Sarah replyedrepliedwas repliedwas replyed, 'I'm drawing God.' The teacher pausedpastpausepassed�and sayedsaidwas saidsad, 'But no one knows what God looks like.' Sarah replied, 'They will in a minute'.

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