Fill in the blanks with the correct form of Simple Present, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, Simple Past, Past Continuous, and Future. (@2=30)Two tigers, which struck fear in some 4000 residents in six villages, (1) ___ (elude) (menghindari) a massive hunt for the past two weeks. The villagers and the Central Association personnel (2) ___ (organize) the hunt two weeks ago.

Fear of the tigers had disrupted daily living in the villages including Kampong Manukan and Kampong Laos. Many villagers (3) ___ (refuse) to work in the oil- palm and rubber plantations in the vicinity (daerah sekitarnya). While they (4) ___ (stay) at home, the hunt team were trying to catch the tigers.

They first suspected the animals’ presence after discovering that the tigers (5)___(attack) and eaten up their livestock (ternak). Also, they chanced upon skeletons, believed to be that old wild dog, while they (6)___(work) in the rubber plantations.

Headman, Michael said, “Based on the sightings by some villagers and the paw prints left by the animals, we (7)___(have) reasons to believe there (8)___(be) two tigers, comprising one adult and a cub roaming the area. “He also expressed concern for the safety of the rubber tappers and school children who leave their homes early in the morning.

The villagers (9)___(take) turns to patrol the high-risk areas where the tigers were seen about a week ago. The personnel from the Central Village Association had joined them on several nights. According to the villagers, it has been rather difficult to catch the tigers as they run away quickly upon spying the residents.

The villagers are terrified although the tigers have attacked only their livestock. They (10)___(not, take) any action when they spotted the tiger last year as there were no further sightings or reports of tigers’ attack until now. One villager, Gregory, said he had not been tapping rubber trees ever since he (11)___(hear) that tigers had been spotted on his land. He said,” Based on the paw prints, each tiger (12)___(be) estimated to weigh at least 100 kilograms.”

Meanwhile, the Central Village Association chairman said that the incident had not been reported to the authorities but he added, “Nevertheless, we (13)___(monitor) the situation closely now. We (14)___(send) more men to the villages to investigate. We hope the situation (15) ___(get) better soon.”