Work with a partner. Find out which of these things your partner had done by the age of seven. 5 start to ride a bike 6 go on holiday without his/her parents 1 begin to learn English 2 travel to a different country 3 learn to read 4 swim in the sea I'd begun to learn English by the age of seven. And you? 7 use a computer Yes, me too. I think I'd started by the age of five!