Complete this text with the correct tenses: past simple, past perfect, past continuous, present perfect.
We like to think we are an ethical company, but we (had) a problem last year when we (were launching) our new product. Let me give you the background to the problem. The new product (was selling) very well and we (were getting) good feedback, and sales (were increasing) month by month. Everyone was happy. Then it all( went) wrong. In August we (started) to get complaints from some doctors about one of our salesman. They (were complaining) about the methods that the salesman (used) to persuade them to endorse the product. He (offered) them expensive gifts and ( took) them to expensive restaurants. The doctors ( felt) under pressure to promote the product.
By the end of the year we (had received) over 30 complaints about the particular salesman. In December articles (started) to appear in the press about our unethical sales methods. In the end we (fired) the salesman. As a result of this, we (have recently issued) guidelines to all sales staff about appropriate gifts.
Hi. Yes, my room looks terrible most of the time. I don't clean it very often, since I don't see a point in it. I can sleep in it, I can spend time in it so it's not completely trashed. I wouldn't say a bomb has exploded there. No clothes lay around the floor. But even so, I sort out my room every once in a while. I'd say, once in two weeks, maybe. As for speed-cleaning tips, I'd say most important is to not get distracted. Because if you're cleaning your room and you get distracted, it's over. Don't take your phone out and start from picking up your clothes and sort them where they belong to immediately. Don't just misplace them on the back of a chair or on couch. Sincerely, your friend.
2.on board / на борту / [ ɒn bɔːd ]
3.elderly / престарелые,пожилой / [ˈeldəli ]
4.old-fashioned / старомодный /
5.get off the bus /слезть с автобуса, выйти с автобуса/ [ ɡet ɒf ðə bʌs ]
6. ghost / призрак, дух, тень / [ ɡəʊst ]
7.( что-то непонятное, возможно неправильно переписала)
8.bouquet / букет, аромат / [ bʊˈkeɪ ]
9.lost in thought / погруженный в размышления /[ lɒst ɪn θɔːt ]
10.puzzled look /озадаченный взгляд / [ ˈpʌz.l̩d lʊk ]