Iuse the correct tense-forms of the verbs in brackets. mrs. smallburn is known as mrs. win-a-lot. she (be) the “queen of competitions” for the last sixteen years. since she (give) up her job as a geography teacher sixteen years ago. , mrs. smallburn (become) much more skilled at winning competitions. she (enter) about twelve competitions a month. at the moment she( complete) for a fax machine. in fact there is virtually nothing in mrs. smallburn’s entire house, apart from her dog, which she (not/win). she didn’t actually win the house the family live in, but seven years ago she (win) another one worth ј50,000 which she (sell0 later forј100,000. outside mrs. smallburn’s house there is a new blue renault. it’s the fifth car she(win). she says she (expect) to win between twenty and forty percent of the competitions she enters.
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