Fill in the blanks with Present simple or continuous/Past simple or continuous/Future simple or continuous:

1. One hot summer day, a fox ________(i)_________ (walk) slowly through an orchard. He ___(ii)______ (see) a bunch of grapes on a high branch. ” I ____(iii)______ (love) grapes and I ____(iv)_______ (want) to eat them.” Moving back a few spaces, he ____(v)_______ (take) a run and _____(vi)_______ (jump) but _____(vii)________ (miss) the bunch. ” I ______(viii)_________ (not give) up till I get them.”
2. A little red hen was in the farmyard when she ____(i)_______ (find) the grain of wheat. ” Who _____(ii)________ (plant) this wheat?” she asked. Neither the cat nor the duck ____(iii)_________ (agree) to do the work. “I _____(iv)_______ (do) then,” said the hen and she _____(v)________ (plant) the wheat.
3. Yasmin is my friend. She ____(i)_______ (come) to my house in the evening today. She has a brother. His name ____(ii)_____ (be) Karim. He ______(iii)______ (like) to swim and play tennis. Last week, Yasmin and Karim _____(iv)_______ (visit) a park where Karim _____(v)_______ (meet) a tennis coach. The coach ___(vi)______ (be) my uncle who ____(vii)______ (live) with us. So, they ______(viii)_________ (come) to meet him today.
4. The teacher goes to the class to check what students are doing. She finds that some students ______(i)_________ (read) books while some _______(ii)________ (go) through the newspaper. One student _______(iii)_________ (look) out of the window. A couple of students _______(iv)___________ (play) while the rest _____(v)_________ (talk). She _____(vi)_____ (feel) that the students _____(vii)_______ (need) to learn to be more productive.

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Answers:

1. (i) was walking; (ii) saw; (iii) love; (iv) want; (v) took; (vi) jumped; (vii) missed; (viii) will not give
2. (i) found; (ii) will plant; (iii) agreed; (iv) will do; (v) planted
3. (i)  is coming; (ii) is; (iii) likes; (iv) visited; (v) met; (vi) is; (vii) lives; (viii) are coming
4. (i) are reading; (ii) are going; (iii) is looking; (iv) is playing; (v) are talking; (vi) feels; (vii) need