Last year my English class was difficult. First of all, _____ wasn’t easy for me to understand the teacher when she talked. To begin with, she spoke too _____ (quick), and I couldn’t understand every word. _____ (late) on, I realized that it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand every word. I _____ (be) also afraid to speak in class, because I thought I might _____ (laugh) at by my classmates. I couldn’t always make complete sentences, either. Then I started to watch English-language TV. It helped a lot. I think that _____ (do) lots of listening practice is one of the _____ (secret) of becoming a good language learner. Another thing that I found _____ (difficulty) was English grammar, _____ I decided to take lots of grammar notes in every class. Then I started to write my own original(原创) sentences using the grammar I was learning. It’s _____ (amaze) how much this helped. Now I am enjoying learning English and I got an A this term. My teacher is very impressed.