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Present Continuous / Simple Past Present Perfect Continuous/Past Perfect Continuous My English is really getting better. I (try) ............... to learn the language since 1985, but only recently have I been able to make some real progress. By the time I started high school in 1988, I (study) the language for almost three years; however, I was only able to introduce myself and utter a few memorized sentences. For a couple more years, I (struggle)............... through grammar and vo- cabulary lessons, which made absolutely no difference. Nothing worked, so I decided to study abroad. I found an exchange program in England that sounded like the perfect answer. I (stay) with a host family for one month. It was a huge disappointment! I (sit) there the whole time staring at the host mother and father hoping that there would be some breakthrough. Nothing. When I returned, I mentioned to a friend that I (have) problems with the language for years. He recommended that I spend a year in an English speaking country. I decided to go abroad again. I (research). ................ exchange programs for a couple of weeks and finally decided on a school in the <​

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My English is really getting better. I am trying to learn the language since 1985, but only recently have I been able to make some real progress. By the time I started high school in 1988, I had studied the language for almost three years; however, I was only able to introduce myself and utter a few memorized sentences. For a couple more years, I had been struggling through grammar and vocabulary lessons, which made absolutely no difference. Nothing worked, so I decided to study abroad. I found an exchange program in England that sounded like the perfect answer. I stayed with a host family for one month. It was a huge disappointment! I sat there the whole time staring at the host mother and father hoping that there would be some breakthrough. Nothing. When I returned, I mentioned to a friend that I had been having problems with the language for years. He recommended that I spend a year in an English speaking country. I decided to go abroad again. I had been researching exchange programs for a couple of weeks and finally decided on a school in the USA.