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86 [quatre-vingt-six] Questions – Passé 2

Which tie did you wear?	Quelle cravate as-tu porté ?
Which car did you buy?	Quelle voiture as-tu acheté ?
Which newspaper did you subscribe to?	À quel journal t’es-tu abonné ?
Who did you see?	Qui avez-vous vu ?
Who did you meet?	Qui avez-vous rencontré ?
Who did you recognize?	Qui avez-vous reconnu ?
When did you get up?	Quand vous êtes-vous levé ?
When did you start?	Quand avez-vous commencé ?
When did you finish?	Quand avez-vous arrêté ?
Why did you wake up?	Pourquoi vous êtes-vous réveillé ?
Why did you become a teacher?	Pourquoi êtes-vous devenu instituteur ?
Why did you take a taxi?	Pourquoi avez-vous pris un taxi ?
Where did you come from?	D’où êtes vous venu ?
Where did you go?	Où êtes-vous allé ?
Where were you?	Où avez-vous été ?
Who did you help?	Qui as-tu aidé ?
Who did you write to?	À qui as-tu écrit ?
Who did you reply to?	À qui as-tu répondu ?

Tips against forgetting

Learning is not always easy. Even when it is fun, it can be exhausting. But when we've learned something, we're happy. We're proud of ourselves and our progress. Unfortunately, we can forget what we learn. That is often a problem with languages in particular. Most of us learn one or more languages in school. This knowledge often gets lost after the school years. We hardly speak the language anymore. Our native language usually dominates our everyday life. Many foreign languages only get used on vacation. But if knowledge isn't regularly activated, it gets lost. Our brain needs exercise. It could be said that it functions like a muscle. This muscle has to be exercised, otherwise it will get weaker. But there are ways to prevent forgetting. The most important thing is to repeatedly apply what you have learned. Consistent rituals can help with this. You can plan a small routine for different days of the week. On Monday, for example, you could read a book in the foreign language. Listen to an overseas radio station on Wednesday. Then on Friday you can write in a journal in the foreign language. This way you're switching between reading, hearing and writing. Consequently, your knowledge is activated in different ways. All of these exercises don't have to last long; half an hour is enough. But it's important that you practice regularly! Studies show that what you learn stays in the brain for decades. It just has to be dug out of the drawer again…