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86 [eighty-six]

Questions – Past tense 2

Questions – Past tense 2

86 [eighty-six]

Questions – Past tense 2

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Which tie did you wear? W--ch -ie---------wear? W____ t__ d__ y__ w____ W-i-h t-e d-d y-u w-a-? ----------------------- Which tie did you wear? 0
Which car did you buy? W-ich--ar-d---yo- -uy? W____ c__ d__ y__ b___ W-i-h c-r d-d y-u b-y- ---------------------- Which car did you buy? 0
Which newspaper did you subscribe to? W-ic----wspa--- -id y-- s--sc-ibe--o? W____ n________ d__ y__ s________ t__ W-i-h n-w-p-p-r d-d y-u s-b-c-i-e t-? ------------------------------------- Which newspaper did you subscribe to? 0
Who did you see? W-- -i---ou -e-? W__ d__ y__ s___ W-o d-d y-u s-e- ---------------- Who did you see? 0
Who did you meet? Wh---id---u--ee-? W__ d__ y__ m____ W-o d-d y-u m-e-? ----------------- Who did you meet? 0
Who did you recognize? Wh----d you r-co-n---? W__ d__ y__ r_________ W-o d-d y-u r-c-g-i-e- ---------------------- Who did you recognize? 0
When did you get up? W--- -id -ou ge---p? W___ d__ y__ g__ u__ W-e- d-d y-u g-t u-? -------------------- When did you get up? 0
When did you start? W----d---y---sta--? W___ d__ y__ s_____ W-e- d-d y-u s-a-t- ------------------- When did you start? 0
When did you finish? W-en di---o--fin-s-? W___ d__ y__ f______ W-e- d-d y-u f-n-s-? -------------------- When did you finish? 0
Why did you wake up? W-y---d-yo--wak- up? W__ d__ y__ w___ u__ W-y d-d y-u w-k- u-? -------------------- Why did you wake up? 0
Why did you become a teacher? W-y---d-y-u --co-- - te--he-? W__ d__ y__ b_____ a t_______ W-y d-d y-u b-c-m- a t-a-h-r- ----------------------------- Why did you become a teacher? 0
Why did you take a taxi? Wh--d-d---u-ta-e ---ax-? W__ d__ y__ t___ a t____ W-y d-d y-u t-k- a t-x-? ------------------------ Why did you take a taxi? 0
Where did you come from? Wher- d-- y-- ---e--rom? W____ d__ y__ c___ f____ W-e-e d-d y-u c-m- f-o-? ------------------------ Where did you come from? 0
Where did you go? W---e d-d y---g-? W____ d__ y__ g__ W-e-e d-d y-u g-? ----------------- Where did you go? 0
Where were you? Where---re---u? W____ w___ y___ W-e-e w-r- y-u- --------------- Where were you? 0
Who did you help? Who --- yo---el-? W__ d__ y__ h____ W-o d-d y-u h-l-? ----------------- Who did you help? 0
Who did you write to? Wh- -i- --u--r-t----? W__ d__ y__ w____ t__ W-o d-d y-u w-i-e t-? --------------------- Who did you write to? 0
Who did you reply to? W-o-d-- ------p-y-to? W__ d__ y__ r____ t__ W-o d-d y-u r-p-y t-? --------------------- Who did you reply to? 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…