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86 [eighty-six]

Questions – Past tense 2

Questions – Past tense 2

86 [ottantasei]

Domande – Passato 2

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Which tie did you wear? Che-c---att--ha- -n-o-----? C__ c_______ h__ i_________ C-e c-a-a-t- h-i i-d-s-a-o- --------------------------- Che cravatta hai indossato? 0
Which car did you buy? C-e--a-chi-a hai -om--a--? C__ m_______ h__ c________ C-e m-c-h-n- h-i c-m-r-t-? -------------------------- Che macchina hai comprato? 0
Which newspaper did you subscribe to? A ch--gi---a------se---b---ato? A c__ g_______ t_ s__ a________ A c-e g-o-n-l- t- s-i a-b-n-t-? ------------------------------- A che giornale ti sei abbonato? 0
Who did you see? C-i ------to? C__ h_ v_____ C-i h- v-s-o- ------------- Chi ha visto? 0
Who did you meet? C-- -- in-ont----? C__ h_ i__________ C-i h- i-c-n-r-t-? ------------------ Chi ha incontrato? 0
Who did you recognize? Chi--a---c-n--ci---? C__ h_ r____________ C-i h- r-c-n-s-i-t-? -------------------- Chi ha riconosciuto? 0
When did you get up? Q-a--o si-è------o? Q_____ s_ è a______ Q-a-d- s- è a-z-t-? ------------------- Quando si è alzato? 0
When did you start? Q-and--ha----i-c---o? Q_____ h_ c__________ Q-a-d- h- c-m-n-i-t-? --------------------- Quando ha cominciato? 0
When did you finish? Q-an-o-h- -in-to? Q_____ h_ f______ Q-a-d- h- f-n-t-? ----------------- Quando ha finito? 0
Why did you wake up? P-r-hé--i-----e---ato? P_____ s_ è s_________ P-r-h- s- è s-e-l-a-o- ---------------------- Perché si è svegliato? 0
Why did you become a teacher? Per--é - di-entato--nsegnan-e? P_____ è d________ i__________ P-r-h- è d-v-n-a-o i-s-g-a-t-? ------------------------------ Perché è diventato insegnante? 0
Why did you take a taxi? P--c-- -a --e---un t--s-? P_____ h_ p____ u_ t_____ P-r-h- h- p-e-o u- t-s-ì- ------------------------- Perché ha preso un tassì? 0
Where did you come from? D- dov’è--e-ut-? D_ d____ v______ D- d-v-è v-n-t-? ---------------- Da dov’è venuto? 0
Where did you go? Dov-è and-t-? D____ a______ D-v-è a-d-t-? ------------- Dov’è andato? 0
Where were you? D---è---at-? D____ s_____ D-v-è s-a-o- ------------ Dov’è stato? 0
Who did you help? Chi ha--ai-t---? C__ h__ a_______ C-i h-i a-u-a-o- ---------------- Chi hai aiutato? 0
Who did you write to? A --i -ai---ritt-? A c__ h__ s_______ A c-i h-i s-r-t-o- ------------------ A chi hai scritto? 0
Who did you reply to? A --i -ai-ris-o-t-? A c__ h__ r________ A c-i h-i r-s-o-t-? ------------------- A chi hai risposto? 0

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Bilingualism improves hearing

People who speak two languages hear better. They can distinguish between different sounds more accurately. An American study has come to this conclusion. Researchers tested several teenagers. Part of the test subjects grew up bilingual. These teenagers spoke English and Spanish. The other part of the subjects only spoke English. The young people had to listen to a particular syllable. It was the syllable "da". It didn't belong to either of the languages. The syllable was played for the test subjects using headphones. At the same time, their brain activity was measured with electrodes. After this test the teenagers had to listen to the syllable again. This time, however, they could hear many disruptive sounds as well. There were various voices saying meaningless sentences. The bilingual individuals reacted very strongly to the syllable. Their brain showed a lot of activity. They could identify the syllable exactly, with and without the disruptive sounds. The monolingual individuals were not successful. Their hearing was not as good as the bilingual test subjects. The result of the experiment surprised researchers. Until then it was only known that musicians have an especially good ear. But it appears that bilingualism also trains the ear. People that are bilingual are constantly confronted with different sounds. Therefore, their brain must develop new abilities. It learns how to distinguish different linguistic stimuli. Researchers are now testing how language skills affect the brain. Maybe hearing can still benefit when a person learns languages later in life…