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85 [eighty-five]

Questions – Past tense 1

Questions – Past tense 1

85 [eighty-five]

Questions – Past tense 1

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How much did you drink? H-w m--h---- --u d-i--? H__ m___ d__ y__ d_____ H-w m-c- d-d y-u d-i-k- ----------------------- How much did you drink? 0
How much did you work? H-w m-ch---d --u wo-k? H__ m___ d__ y__ w____ H-w m-c- d-d y-u w-r-? ---------------------- How much did you work? 0
How much did you write? Ho------ did --- -----? H__ m___ d__ y__ w_____ H-w m-c- d-d y-u w-i-e- ----------------------- How much did you write? 0
How did you sleep? Ho- --d---u-sl---? H__ d__ y__ s_____ H-w d-d y-u s-e-p- ------------------ How did you sleep? 0
How did you pass the exam? How -id you -ass-the---am? H__ d__ y__ p___ t__ e____ H-w d-d y-u p-s- t-e e-a-? -------------------------- How did you pass the exam? 0
How did you find the way? Ho--d-d--o- -i---the----? H__ d__ y__ f___ t__ w___ H-w d-d y-u f-n- t-e w-y- ------------------------- How did you find the way? 0
Who did you speak to? Who d-d-y-- ----- -o? W__ d__ y__ s____ t__ W-o d-d y-u s-e-k t-? --------------------- Who did you speak to? 0
With whom did you make an appointment? W----w-om-did y---mak- -n -ppo-nt-ent? W___ w___ d__ y__ m___ a_ a___________ W-t- w-o- d-d y-u m-k- a- a-p-i-t-e-t- -------------------------------------- With whom did you make an appointment? 0
With whom did you celebrate your birthday? Wi-h who----d --u-celebr----y-u- b-r-h---? W___ w___ d__ y__ c________ y___ b________ W-t- w-o- d-d y-u c-l-b-a-e y-u- b-r-h-a-? ------------------------------------------ With whom did you celebrate your birthday? 0
Where were you? W-ere ---- yo-? W____ w___ y___ W-e-e w-r- y-u- --------------- Where were you? 0
Where did you live? Wh-re ----y-- -ive? W____ d__ y__ l____ W-e-e d-d y-u l-v-? ------------------- Where did you live? 0
Where did you work? W-ere d-- -ou -o-k? W____ d__ y__ w____ W-e-e d-d y-u w-r-? ------------------- Where did you work? 0
What did you suggest? What-did---u-s-----t? W___ d__ y__ s_______ W-a- d-d y-u s-g-e-t- --------------------- What did you suggest? 0
What did you eat? W--t -i- you e--? W___ d__ y__ e___ W-a- d-d y-u e-t- ----------------- What did you eat? 0
What did you come to know? Wha--d-d-y-u com- ----n--? W___ d__ y__ c___ t_ k____ W-a- d-d y-u c-m- t- k-o-? -------------------------- What did you come to know? 0
How fast did you drive? H---fast-d-d------ri-e? H__ f___ d__ y__ d_____ H-w f-s- d-d y-u d-i-e- ----------------------- How fast did you drive? 0
How long did you fly? H---l--- d-d-yo- ---? H__ l___ d__ y__ f___ H-w l-n- d-d y-u f-y- --------------------- How long did you fly? 0
How high did you jump? H-w--ig----- -o- ju--? H__ h___ d__ y__ j____ H-w h-g- d-d y-u j-m-? ---------------------- How high did you jump? 0

African Languages

In Africa, a great deal of different languages are spoken. No other continent has so many different languages. The variety of African languages is impressive. It is estimated that there are about 2,000 African languages. However, all of these languages are not alike! Quite the opposite – they are often completely different! The languages of Africa belong to four different language families. Some African languages have one-of-a-kind characteristics. For example, there are sounds that foreigners cannot imitate. Land boundaries are not always linguistic boundaries in Africa. In some regions, there are a great deal of different languages. In Tanzania, for example, languages from all four families are spoken. Afrikaans is an exception among the African languages. This language came into being in the colonial period. At that time people from different continents met each other. They came from Africa, Europe and Asia. A new language developed out of these contact situations. Afrikaans exhibits influences from many languages. It is most closely related to Dutch, however. Today Afrikaans is spoken in South Africa and Namibia more than anywhere else. The most unusual African language is the drum language. Every message can be theoretically sent with drums. The languages that are communicated with drums are tonal languages. The meaning of words or syllables depends on the pitch of the tones. That means that the tones have to be imitated by the drums. The drum language is even understood by children in Africa. And it is very efficient… The drum language can be heard for up to 12 kilometers!