Put the verbs into the correct tenses using the hints near each verb. Then read the whole story
Matilda is a wife of a very nice gentleman who works in an office. The young people are not very rich but they love each other and are really happy. The couple seldom goes out as they don't have much money, fashionable outfits or valuable things to wear.
Matilda and her husband are invited to an important party. Matilda borrows a beautiful necklace from an old school friend who is very rich. When the couple comes home, they find out that the diamond necklace is missing. They look for it everywhere but can't find it. They start looking for a duplicate and finally find it. They borrow a lot of money to buy the duplicate and give it to the friend. Then they have to sell everything they possess. For ten years they work constantly until they are ruined physically. Finally the debt is paid off.
One day Matilda [ ] her friend in the park. Matilda [ ] her friend what happened. The friend [ ] shocked. She [ ] she [ ] really very sorry that she [ ] anything about the necklace. She [ ] to Matilda that the necklace [ ] made of diamonds, it [ ] only a cheap imitation.