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How I Learned to Learn English Last year, I did not like my English class. Every class was like a bad dream. The teacher spoke too quickly. But I was afraid to ask questions because my pronunciation was very bad. So I just hid behind my textbook and never said anything. Then one day I watched an English movie called Toy Story. I fell in love with this exciting and funny movie! So then I began to watch other English movies as well. Although I could not understand everything the characters said, their body language and the expressions on their faces helped me to get the meaning. I also realized I could get the meaning by listening for just the key words. My pronunciation also improved by listening to the interesting conversations in English movies. I discovered that listening to something you are interested in is the secret to language learning. I also learned useful sentences like “It’s a piece of cake” or “It serves you right.” I did not understand these sentences at first. But because I wanted to understand the story, I looked up the words in a dictionary. Now I really enjoy my English class. I want to learn new words and more grammar. Then I can have a better understanding of English movies. Read and circle the past tense verbs. did was spoke hid said watched fell began could helped realized improved discovered learned wanted looked Read the passage about Wei Fen and answer the questions. 1. Why did Wei Fen find it difficult to learn English? 2. What did she do in English class? 3. What is the secret to language learning? Read again and answer the questions. What helped she get the meaning of the movies? How could she get the meaning? How did she improve her pronunciation? Complete the sentences with what W