Tenses Exercise

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.

Once, a fox ………1………. (got / has got / gotten) a big bone. He was hungry and didn’t ………2……. (has / have / had) the patience to break it up. So, he tried to swallow it in one gulp and then it …..3……. (happened / was happening / had happened). The bone ….4….. (got / was getting / had got) stuck in his throat. The fox …..5….. (coughed / was coughing / had coughed) and spewed furiously. And then with his hands he …..6….. (tried / was trying / has tried) to pull the bone out. But nothing …….7……. (works / worked / has worked)

The fox …..8….. (is running / ran / run) around, howling in frustration. But he …..9….. (can’t / couldn’t) find a way out. He …..10….. (goes / went / has gone) to a river and drank gallons of water.

Answers

Once, a fox got (1) a big bone. He was hungry and didn’t have (2) the patience to break it up. So, he tried to swallow it in one gulp and then it happened (3). The bone got (4) stuck in his throat. The fox coughed (5) and spewed furiously. And then with his hands he tried (6) to pull the bone out. But nothing worked (7).

The fox ran (8) around, howling in frustration. But he couldn’t (9) find a way out. He went (10) to a river and drank gallons of water.