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86 [oitenta e seis] Perguntas – passado 2

Which tie did you wear	Que gravata você usou?
Which car did you buy	Que carro você comprou?
Which newspaper did you subscribe to	Que jornal você assinou?
Who did you see	Quem você viu?
Who did you meet	Quem você encontrou?
Who did you recognize	Quem você reconheceu?
When did you get up	Quando você se levantou?
When did you start	Quando você começou?
When did you finish	Quando você terminou?
Why did you wake up	Por que é que acordou?
Why did you become a teacher	Por que é que se tornou professor?
Why did you take a taxi	Por que é que pegou um táxi?
Where did you come from	De onde você veio?
Where did you go	Para onde você foi?
Where were you	Onde você esteve?
Who did you help	A quem você ajudou?
Who did you write to	Para quem você escreveu?
Who did you reply to	Para quem você respondeu?

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…