Spoken English

Use of Do you like & How often do you; Day: 33

Do you like

With this question you are asking someone what they prefer or enjoy.

āĻāĻ‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ•ā§€ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“Do you like traveling on a plane?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ­ā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Do you like watching baseball on TV?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŸāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Do you like skiing or snowboarding?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‡āĻ‚ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§‹āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Do you like going to bed early?”

“āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ˜ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°?”

“Do you like spending time with me?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Do you like repeating the class?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°āĻžāĻŦā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Do you like playing video games?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āĻ—ā§‡āĻŽ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Do you like listening to music?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Do you like practicing playing the piano?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦāĻžāĻœāĻžāĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻļā§€āĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Do you like jogging with me?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻœāĻ—āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨?”

How often do you

When asking this question you are inquiring how often or how frequent someone does a particular thing.

āĻāĻ‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‡āĻ‰ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ¤ āĻ˜āĻ¨ āĻ˜āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻ¤ āĻ˜āĻ¨ āĻ˜āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“How often do you exercise?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ¤ āĻ˜āĻ¨ āĻ˜āĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨?”

“How often do you change your password?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ¤ āĻ˜āĻ¨ āĻ˜āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ¸āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“How often do you help out at school?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ¤āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“How often do you listen to your MP3 player?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° MP3 āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ¤ āĻ˜āĻ¨ āĻ˜āĻ¨ āĻļā§‹āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“How often do you need to go to the dentist?”

“āĻ•āĻ¤ āĻ˜āĻ¨ āĻ˜āĻ¨ āĻĄā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡?”

“How often do you receive your magazine in the mail?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ¤ āĻ˜āĻ¨ āĻ˜āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻŽā§‡āĻ‡āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨?”

“How often do you report to your supervisor?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ­āĻžāĻ‡āĻœāĻžāĻ°āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ¤ āĻ˜āĻ¨ āĻ˜āĻ¨ āĻ°āĻŋāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“How often do you stretch before working out?”

“āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻ†āĻ‰āĻŸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ¤ āĻ˜āĻ¨ āĻ˜āĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“How often do you talk to your parents?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ•āĻ¤āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“How often do you travel?”

“āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ­ā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡?”