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 -------- (have) a problem last year when we --------- (launch) our new product. Let me give you the back ground to the problem. The new product --------- (sell) very well and we -------- (get) good feedback, and sales ----------- (increase) month by month. Everyone was happy. Then it all---------( go) wrong. In August we -------- (start) to get complaints from some doctors about one of our salesman. They ------------- (complain) about the methods that the salesman --------- (use) to persuade them to endorse the product. He --------- (offer) them expensive gifts and -------------( take) them to expensive restaurants. The doctors ------------ ( feel) under pressure to promote the product.
By the end of the year we ---------- (receive) over 30 complaints about the particular salesman. In December articles -------- (start) to appear in the press about our unethical sales methods. In the end we -------- (fire) the salesman. As a result of this, we ------------ (recently issue) guidelines to all sales staff about appropriate gifts.
We like to think we are an ethical company, but we -------- (have) a problem last year when we --------- (launch) our new product. Let me give you the back ground to the problem. The new product --------- (sell) very well and we -------- (get) good feedback, and sales ----------- (increase) month by month. Everyone was happy. Then it all---------( go) wrong. In August we -------- (start) to get complaints from some doctors about one of our salesman. They ------------- (complain) about the methods that the salesman --------- (use) to persuade them to endorse the product. He --------- (offer) them expensive gifts and -------------( take) them to expensive restaurants. The doctors ------------ ( feel) under pressure to promote the product.
By the end of the year we ---------- (receive) over 30 complaints about the particular salesman. In December articles -------- (start) to appear in the press about our unethical sales methods. In the end we -------- (fire) the salesman. As a result of this, we ------------ (recently issue) guidelines to all sales staff about appropriate gifts.
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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.