Verb conjugation of "estendere" in Italian

The third and forth largest economies in the world are growing due to the fact that the countries were investing large resources in education, including foreign language acquisition. English, in this case, was the dominant language.
I've never been to Switzerland, but I've been thinking about visiting it for a long time. Until now I was only in France and Holland. I should take the time and travel and visit new places.
I'm already in my bed... I am looking forward to the Wimbledon tennis tournament. Football is nice too! Here it very hot. I am missing the rain on the west coast ... I will be back again soon.