In the first year of lower secondary school, I had some difficulties in learning English. My 1) ( pronunciation / pronounce / learn / way) of English words was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not know how to 2) (work / improve / make better / try) them. One afternoon 3) (in/at / during / after) the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom. She 4) ( told / took / takes / went) me to the school library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation practice kept in a glass bookcase. She also told me how to use an English-English 5) (report / report card / dictionary / tapes) to improve my English pronunciation and grammar."Now I think you know what you 6) ( ought / should / will to / are going) do," said she. I didn't know that only one year later I would win the first prize in English speaking contest held for secondary school students in my hometown.