For each sentence, select the aspect of the underlined verbs.
A. she pretends to be a police officer by dressing up.
B. will you change the sheets tonight?
C. The Elephant had eaten all the hay.
D. between 1981 and 1989, Ronald Reagan was leading the United States.

Explanation:

In the first sentence, pretends is underlined. So, pretends is present tense. She is doing right now, right at this moment.

In the second sentence, will and change is underlined. This is future tense. will change means, in the future, the sheets will be changed.

The third sentence, had eaten is past tense. The elephant already ate the hay.

The fourth sentence, was leading is underlined. It is past tense. Ronald Reagan was leading the US.

as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.