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Read the following text and write the verbs in brackets in the correct tense form.
A teacup story
One day a couple ......(to see) a beautiful cup in a beautiful shop. They said, "May we see that? We've never seen one quite so beautiful." As the lady ........(to hand) it to them, suddenly the cup spoke. It .....( say). "I........... (to be, not) always .........a teacup. There (to be) a time when I was just red clay. My master......... (to take) me and ...........(to roll) me and ...... (to pat) me over and over and I...... (to yell out), 'let me alone, but he only .......(to smile), 'Not yet.
"Then I was placed on a spinning wheel, and suddenly I was .......(to spin) around and around and around. Stop it! I'm getting dizzy! I ....... (to scream). But the master only ....... (to nod) and said, 'Not yet! "Then he ....... (to put) me in the oven. I never ..... (to feel) such heat! And I yelled and....... (to knock) at the door. He ....... (to shake) his head, 'Not yet."
"Finally, the door ...... (to open), he and painted me all over. The fumes ....... (to put) me on the shelf. And he brushed........ (to be) horrible. 'Stop it!' I cried. He only nodded, "Not yet! "Then suddenly he put me back into the oven. I knew I would suffocate. I..... (to beg). I ....... (to plead). I .......(to scream). I .....(to cry). All the time I saw him nodding jos beat.'
"Then I knew there .......( to be,note). I would never make it. I was ready to give up. But the door opened and he ..... (to take) me out and ..... (to place) me on the shelf. Later he ...... (to hand) me a mirror and said, 'Look at yourself! And I .....(tot do). I said, 'That's not me; that couldn't be me. It's beautiful. I'm beautiful.
"I want you to remember, then, he said, 'I know it hurts to be rolled and patted, but if I had left you alone, you'd have dried up, you would have crumbled, you would have cracked, you would not have had any colour in your life, you wouldn't survive for very long, because the hardness would not have held".
