Complete the text with appropriate past tenses of the verbs in brackets.

Ken Coates (1) was enjoying his 52nd birthday at the King’s Arms in Aston. He (2) was playing in a local pool championship in a room at the back of the pub. Ken (3) had been playing well for half an hour and (4) had won three of the first five games. He (5) put down the glass he (6) had been drinking from and (7) got ready to pot the black to win the final game when his false teeth (8) dropped out. Unfortunately, instead of potting the ball, he (9) potted his own false teeth! Ken’s wife, Alice, who (10) had been watching the championship all night, immediately (11) rushed to help her husband. She (12) put her hand in the pocket to fish out the false teeth when disaster (13) struck. Alice’s hand got stuck in the pocket and she (14) couldn’t get it out again. Finally, after Ken (15) made an emergency phone call, the fire officers (16) arrived on the scene. With the help of a power saw and some washing-up liquid, they (17) freed Alice’s hand. ‘Poor Ken, he (18) had been trying to win the championship for years,’ said a friend. ‘In the replay, Ken (19) played terribly. I think he (20) was worrying about his teeth again.’