a) 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 ____(to 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!! ____(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 ____(to put) me on the shelf. And he brushed and painted me all over. The fumes ____(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). 1 ___(to cry). All the time I saw him nodding his head! "Then I knew there ___(to be, not) any hope. 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 ___(to 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". tout by filling in the blanks, using the following​