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85 [vuitanta-cinc] Preguntes – Passat 1

How much did you drink	Quant ha begut?
How much did you work	Quant ha treballat?
How much did you write	Quant ha escrit?
How did you sleep	Com ha dormit?
How did you pass the exam	Com ha aprovat l’examen?
How did you find the way	Com ha trobat el camí?
Who did you speak to	Amb qui ha parlat?
With whom did you make an appointment	Amb qui ha quedat?
With whom did you celebrate your birthday	Amb qui celebra el seu aniversari?
Where were you	On ha estat?
Where did you live	On ha viscut?
Where did you work	On ha treballat?
What did you suggest	Què ha recomanat?
What did you eat	Què ha menjat?
What did you come to know	Què ha après?
How fast did you drive	A quina velocitat ha conduït?
How long did you fly	Quant de temps ha volat?
How high did you jump	A quina alçada ha saltat?

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 cause strong reactions. 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…