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86 [eighty-six]

Questions – Past tense 2

Questions – Past tense 2

86 [quatre-vingt-six]

Questions – Passé 2

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Which tie did you wear? Q-elle---a--t--as--u-----é-? Q_____ c______ a____ p____ ? Q-e-l- c-a-a-e a---u p-r-é ? ---------------------------- Quelle cravate as-tu porté ? 0
Which car did you buy? Que--e--o-t-r- as--u ac---- ? Q_____ v______ a____ a_____ ? Q-e-l- v-i-u-e a---u a-h-t- ? ----------------------------- Quelle voiture as-tu acheté ? 0
Which newspaper did you subscribe to? À qu-l-----na--t--s-tu--------? À q___ j______ t______ a_____ ? À q-e- j-u-n-l t-e---u a-o-n- ? ------------------------------- À quel journal t’es-tu abonné ? 0
Who did you see? Qui a-ez---u-----? Q__ a________ v_ ? Q-i a-e---o-s v- ? ------------------ Qui avez-vous vu ? 0
Who did you meet? Q-i -vez-v-u--r---on--é-? Q__ a________ r________ ? Q-i a-e---o-s r-n-o-t-é ? ------------------------- Qui avez-vous rencontré ? 0
Who did you recognize? Q------z-vou- re--n---? Q__ a________ r______ ? Q-i a-e---o-s r-c-n-u ? ----------------------- Qui avez-vous reconnu ? 0
When did you get up? Q--n- -o-s --es--ou----vé-? Q____ v___ ê________ l___ ? Q-a-d v-u- ê-e---o-s l-v- ? --------------------------- Quand vous êtes-vous levé ? 0
When did you start? Q---d avez-v--s-c-mmencé-? Q____ a________ c_______ ? Q-a-d a-e---o-s c-m-e-c- ? -------------------------- Quand avez-vous commencé ? 0
When did you finish? Q-a-----e--vou- ar---é ? Q____ a________ a_____ ? Q-a-d a-e---o-s a-r-t- ? ------------------------ Quand avez-vous arrêté ? 0
Why did you wake up? P-u---o-------ête---o----év-i--é-? P_______ v___ ê________ r_______ ? P-u-q-o- v-u- ê-e---o-s r-v-i-l- ? ---------------------------------- Pourquoi vous êtes-vous réveillé ? 0
Why did you become a teacher? P-u-qu---ête---ous---ven-----ti------ ? P_______ ê________ d_____ i__________ ? P-u-q-o- ê-e---o-s d-v-n- i-s-i-u-e-r ? --------------------------------------- Pourquoi êtes-vous devenu instituteur ? 0
Why did you take a taxi? P---q-oi---ez--o-- --i---n-ta-i ? P_______ a________ p___ u_ t___ ? P-u-q-o- a-e---o-s p-i- u- t-x- ? --------------------------------- Pourquoi avez-vous pris un taxi ? 0
Where did you come from? D’o- ê-es-v--s venu-? D___ ê___ v___ v___ ? D-o- ê-e- v-u- v-n- ? --------------------- D’où êtes vous venu ? 0
Where did you go? Où ête-----s-a--- ? O_ ê________ a___ ? O- ê-e---o-s a-l- ? ------------------- Où êtes-vous allé ? 0
Where were you? Où --ez---u----é ? O_ a________ é__ ? O- a-e---o-s é-é ? ------------------ Où avez-vous été ? 0
Who did you help? Q----s-tu --d--? Q__ a____ a___ ? Q-i a---u a-d- ? ---------------- Qui as-tu aidé ? 0
Who did you write to? À --- -------cri--? À q__ a____ é____ ? À q-i a---u é-r-t ? ------------------- À qui as-tu écrit ? 0
Who did you reply to? À -u------u rép-n-u ? À q__ a____ r______ ? À q-i a---u r-p-n-u ? --------------------- À qui as-tu répondu ? 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…