1. What are the tenses in the text?

The tenses in the text are past continuous tense, simple past tense and simple present tense.

Past continuous tense:

One day a cat and a fox were having a conversation. – the dogs were coming in their
direction! wondering which trick she should use.

Simple past tense:

The fox, who was a conceited creature, boasted how clever she was. she said. said the cat.
replied the fox airily. Just then they heard the barking of a pack of dogs in the distance.
The barking grew louder and louder. At once the cat ran to the nearest tree and climbed
into its branches, well out of reach of any dog. “This is the trick I told you about,” she
called down to the fox. The fox sat silently under the tree. the dogs arrived. They fell upon
the fox and tore her to pieces.

Simple present tense:

“Why, I know at least a hundred tricks to get away from our mutual enemies, the dogs,” “I
know only one trick to get away from dogs,” “You should teach me some of yours!”
“Well, maybe some day, when I have the time, I may teach you a few of the simpler
ones,” “the only one I know,” “Which one of your hundred tricks are you going to use?”
Before she could make up her mind, Moral : A single plan that works is better than a
hundred doubtful plans.

2. What are the types of parts of speech in the text?

a. Noun : fox, cat, dog, tree

b. Pronoun : she, I, our, you, who, they, this, her
c. Verb : conversation, boasted, get away, teach, heard, ran, climbed, sat, fell upon, tore,
works
d. Adjective : conceited, clever, simpler ones
e. Adverb : airly, louder, better, doubtful
f. Preposition : at, in, into, before
g. Conjunction : and, then, when, at once
h. Interjection : well

3. Is there a Gerund or To Infinitive in the text?

There are gerund and infinitive in the text.

Gerund:

One day a cat and a fox were having a conversation. Just then they heard the barking of a
pack of dogs in the distance. The barking grew louder and louder. – the dogs were coming
in their direction! wondering which trick she should use.

Infinitife:

“Why, I know at least a hundred tricks to get away from our mutual enemies, the dogs,” “I
know only one trick to get away from dogs,”