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85 [вісімдесят п’ять] Питання – минулий час 1

85 [visimdesyat pʺyatʹ] Pytannya – mynulyy̆ chas 1

How much did you drink?	Скільки Ви випили?; Skilʹky Vy vypyly?
How much did you work?	Скільки Ви працювали?; Skilʹky Vy pratsyuvaly?
How much did you write?	Скільки Ви написали?; Skilʹky Vy napysaly?
How did you sleep?	Як Ви спали?; Yak Vy spaly?
How did you pass the exam?	Як Ви здали іспит?; Yak Vy zdaly ispyt?
How did you find the way?	Як Ви знайшли дорогу?; Yak Vy znay̆shly dorohu?
Who did you speak to?	З ким Ви говорили?; Z kym Vy hovoryly?
With whom did you make an appointment?	З ким Ви домовилися?; Z kym Vy domovylysya?
With whom did you celebrate your birthday?	З ким Ви святкували день народження?; Z kym Vy svyatkuvaly denʹ narodzhennya?
Where were you?	Де Ви були?; De Vy buly?
Where did you live?	Де Ви жили?; De Vy zhyly?
Where did you work?	Де Ви працювали?; De Vy pratsyuvaly?
What did you suggest?	Що Ви рекомендували?; Shcho Vy rekomenduvaly?
What did you eat?	Що Ви їли?; Shcho Vy ïly?
What did you come to know?	Що Ви дізналися?; Shcho Vy diznalysya?
How fast did you drive?	Як швидко Ви їхали?; Yak shvydko Vy ïkhaly?
How long did you fly?	Як довго Ви летіли?; Yak dovho Vy letily?
How high did you jump?	Як високо Ви стрибнули?; Yak vysoko Vy strybnuly?

Big letters, big feelings

Advertising uses a lot of pictures. Pictures awaken our particular interests. We look at them longer and more intently than letters. As a result, we remember advertisements with pictures better. Pictures also produce strong emotional reactions. The brain recognizes pictures very quickly. It knows immediately what can be seen in the picture. Letters function differently than pictures. They are abstract characters. Therefore, our brain reacts slower to letters. First, it must understand the meaning of the word. One might say the characters must be translated by the language part of the brain. But emotions can be produced using letters too. The text just needs to be very large. Studies show that big letters have a big effect as well. Large letters aren't just more noticeable than small letters. They also produce a stronger emotional reaction. This is true for positive as well as negative feelings. The size of things has always been important to mankind. Man must react quickly to danger. And when something is large, it's usually already quite close! So it's understandable that large pictures produce strong reactions then. Less clear is how we react to large letters. Letters aren't actually a signal for the brain. Despite this, it shows greater activity when it sees large letters. This result is very interesting to scientists. It shows how important letters have become for us. Our brain has somehow learned how to react to writing…