Fill in the blanks with simple present, past and future forms of verbs given in brackets:

1. Ginger is a beautiful mare with a bad temper. She _________(bit) and ___________ (kick) everyone until her master ________ (calm) her down. People _________ (be) afraid to go near her.
2. Farmer Grey ___________ (train) me to ___________ (carry) riders and _________ (pull) carriages when I was four years old.
3. When I was two, I _______ (spot) a hunting party. They __________ (try) to hunt me down but I ___________ (escape). Today morning I _______ (see) one of them again. I _______ (be) scared now. I __________ (fear) he ______________ (recognize) me and ____________ (come) after me soon.
4. My mother always _________ (tell) me to be kind and gentle. She _________ (say) that beauty _________ (lie) within and we _________ (stay) beautiful as long as we _______ (be) compassionate.
5. Tomorrow ______ (be) my birthday. I __________ (visit) my grandparents and _____________ (spend) some time with them. I never __________ (get) time to be with them. So I ___________ (stay) for a night.
6. Kelly __________ (meet) an old friend one day and she __________ (remember) the days she _________ (spend) with her in the high school. They __________ (talk) about how they _________ (play) pranks then. They also _______________ (discuss) what career they ___________ (plan) to take up in future.
7. We are leaving for Boston next week. We __________ (be) there for two weeks. We __________ (stay) at a hotel and ___________ (visit) different places. We ___________ (know) a person there who __________ (help) us with everything.

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Answers:

1. bits; kicks; calms; are
2. trained; carry; pull
3. spotted; tried; escaped; saw; am; fear; will recognize; will come
4. tells; says; lies; stay; are
5. is; will visit; will spend; get; will stay
6. met; remembered; spent; talked; played; discussed; plan
7. will be; will stay; will visit; know; will help