Put the verbs in bracketnto the present simple or the present continuous

A) We jogged… round the lake before breakfast, b) He…came back from London an hour ago. с) I … in the sauna this morning, d) They…were on a cycling tour last Sunday, e) How did… you spend your last evening in New York? I arrived at Cannon Street at 8.53 this morning, g) I .had.. a drink with friends before I …went… home, h) We…expected them last week but they did… not come. I) When Bill …suggested a game of Twenty Questions, everybody agree… j) She looked… splendid when she .came.. back from Majorca.

I began to study English in the fifth form and by now I have been learning this language for 7 years.

I like English; I think any foreign language helps to understand your own language.

The English language is one of the most important languages in the modern world; more than one billion people can speak or understand this language.

This language is the official language in such countries as the United States of America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the South-African Republic, India and many African countries.

English is one of the five official languages of the United Nations Organization.

English is the language of the great English literature.

It is the language of Shakespeare, Byron and Charles Dickens.

From the early childhood we enjoy the books by English writers — who does not know Winnie-the Pooh, Sherlock Holmes or Robinson Crusoe!

But the English language is also the language of science — most of scientific magazines in the world are published in English. It is impossible to be a good scientist without knowing this language. That is why I pay much attention to English and I hope that in the future I shall know this language well.