Read the passage and mark A, B, C or D to indicate the word/phrase that best fits each of the blanks.

When I first started learning English ten years ago. I could hardly (32)____a word -“ hello”, “goodbye”, “thank you” was just about it ! I went to classes two evenings a week and I was surprised at how quickly I made progress. (33)_____the course we learned lots of vocabulary and studied grammar rules . The thing I enjoyed most was being able to practice speaking with the other students in my class. After two years I went to England to a language school .It was in Cambridge . I did a (34)____course at a very good school and I stayed with a local family . It was a fantastic experience and I (35)_____up a lot of new language from speaking with my host family and with other students from (36)_____the world . I really improved my pronunciation as well. When I got back to Spain , I was so much more confident . I could actually hold a conversation with my teacher in English.