I (1) was going / went on a student exchange to France recently. I (2) was staying / stayed with a French boy named Olivier and his family for three weeks over Easter. I (3) had / was having an amazing time there. They (4) were taking / took me skiing for ten days, which was incredible! I (5) didn’t go / hadn't been before, but (6) I'd been taking / I was taking lessons to get myself ready, so I wasn’t completely clueless when I got there. Over the next few weeks, both my skiing and my French (7) had improved / improved. The only bad thing about the trip was that while we (8) had been staying / were staying in the mountains, I got really sick. I don’t know if it was food poisoning or what, but I (9) felt / had felt really bad. Olivier (10) has been coming / is coming here in July. I’m a little worried because I can’t take him to do exciting things like skiing! Most of the time here, (11) I just hang out / I’m just hanging out with my friends. (12) I still look / I’m still looking forward to seeing him, though.