The word “diary” comes from the Latin word “diarium”,     1     means “daily allowance”. It refers to a book for writings by date. And it     2     (use) for business notes, planning activities, keeping track of scheduled appointments, or documenting     3     has already happened. Some doctors suggest that     4     (write) in a diary is a good form of self-study.

2 . Well, I'm here in London. Thank you for    1     (send) me the letter. You ask me what it's like here. I must say, it's pretty good! The language school is very efficiently organized. On the first morning we had to do a test,     2    I found rather hard. However, I got a surprisingly good mark, so I'm in the second class. I       3     (talk) little at first, because I couldn't think of the words quickly enough, but lately I've become much more fluent.