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85 [osemdesiatpäť] Otázky – minulý čas 1

How much did you drink	Koľko ste vypili?
How much did you work	Koľko ste pracovali?
How much did you write	Koľko ste napísali?
How did you sleep	Ako ste spali?
How did you pass the exam	Ako ste spravili skúšku?
How did you find the way	Ako ste našli cestu?
Who did you speak to	S kým ste sa rozprávali?
With whom did you make an appointment	S kým ste sa dohodli?
With whom did you celebrate your birthday	S kým ste oslavovali narodeniny?
Where were you	Kde ste boli?
Where did you live	Kde ste bývali?
Where did you work	Kde ste pracovali?
What did you suggest	Čo ste odporučili?
What did you eat	Čo ste jedli?
What did you come to know	Čo ste sa dozvedeli?
How fast did you drive	Ako rýchlo ste išli?
How long did you fly	Ako dlho ste leteli?
How high did you jump	Ako vysoko ste vyskočili?

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…