Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the past simple or past continuous 1. michael ( watch) a great film last night. 2. tom (come) home late, (cat) a sandwich and (go) to bed last sunday. 3. i always (enjoy) reading fairy tales when i was young. 4. mrs. smith (arrive) at the office, (turn on) the computer and ( start) typing. 5. (you/study) hard when you were at university. 6. my father (not/fight) in the second world war. 7.forty years ago, my grandmother (walk) two kilometres to school every day. 8. last year, tom (give) his wife a new car for her birthday.

there are many reasons why  everyone   should learn a foreign language.

firstly, learning a language of another country helps one understand its culture.    language becomes a peephole to look at the nation’s culture, its traditions and its history. italian film director federico fellini says, "a different language is a different vision of life". 

research has shown that having studied a foreign language one can understand one’s own language better. it deepens the understanding of one’s own culture. general language skills improve after studying foreign languages.

another thing that talks of the importance of foreign language study is touring to foreign countries.

  eventually, knowing a foreign language  opens new job and employment opportunities in many countries and markets and it's grate!

i very much like to swim. swimming is useful for health. it is a sport. since the childhood me learned to swim. thereby showing that it-is important! since then i like to be engaged in swimming. it is useful!