Short+video+from+1948+on+how+to+use+a+pedestrian+crossing

Funny old video from 1948 on how to use pedestrian crossings: [] Worksheet from http://nicenet.org/ICA/class/document_show.cfm?document_id=1453659

1.Some verbs have been erased in the transcript below, before watching the video try to replace the 1st blanks with a suitable verb in the right tense. 2.Watch the video and write down the verbs you hear in the second blanks. 3.Were your first verb guesses right? Were your chosen tenses right? 4.Draw a table with all the tenses found in the video and write the verbs in the correct columns.

"Let me introduce you to Mr. A. Now Mr. A ........................................./........................................ a perfectly straight forward kind of person. He ........................................./........................................ quite normally. When there ........................................./........................................ dried egg for breakfast. When it ........................................./........................................ opening time. When he ........................................./........................................ his bank balance. When someone ........................................./........................................ on a banana skin. When he ........................................./........................................ bacon for breakfast. But when it ........................................./........................................ to the every-day business of crossing the road. Hurt, old man? Never mind. Now, ........................................./........................................ try and get this straight. You ........................................./........................................ to cross from here to there. Good. And it ........................................./........................................ perfectly simple if it ........................................./........................................ for the cars - ........................................./........................................ it. Right. Now there ........................................./........................................ two ways of crossing the road. Your way - and I ........................................./........................................ it ........................................./........................................ terribly attractive - and this way. You ........................................./........................................ these two rows of studs. All you ........................................./........................................ do ........................................./........................................ to walk between the studs and you ........................................./........................................ down. You ........................................./........................................ the motorist ........................................./........................................ a legal obligation to give the pedestrian a right of way at crossings. Now ........................................./........................................ a shot yourself. Come on. it ........................................./........................................ all right really. Now Look out Now, now. There ........................................./........................................ some good common sense rules you ........................................./........................................ . You ........................................./........................................ where you ........................................./........................................ And it ........................................./........................................ no good thinking you ........................................./........................................ a sleep or eat your breakfast out there because you ........................................./........................................ soon ........................................./........................................ yourself in trouble. You ........................................./........................................ on the move when you ........................................./........................................ . Now have another try That's it. Good. Fine. Keep it up. Splendid!