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āχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϕ⧀ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āĻŦāĻž āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāσ:

“Do you like traveling on a plane?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āύ⧇ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ?”

“Do you like watching baseball on TV?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϟāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϏāĻŦāϞ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ?”

“Do you like skiing or snowboarding?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻŋāχāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āύ⧋āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ?”

“Do you like going to bed early?”

“āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϘ⧁āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ?”

“Do you like spending time with me?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ?”

“Do you like repeating the class?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ?”

“Do you like playing video games?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āϗ⧇āĻŽ āϖ⧇āϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ?”

“Do you like listening to music?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāύ āĻļ⧁āύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ?”

“Do you like practicing playing the piano?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ?”

“Do you like jogging with me?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϜāĻ—āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ?”

How often do you

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

āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϕ⧇āω āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻ•āϤ āϘāύ āϘāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āϤ āϘāύ āϘāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāσ:

“How often do you exercise?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āϤ āϘāύ āϘāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ?”

“How often do you change your password?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āϤ āϘāύ āϘāύ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϏāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ?”

“How often do you help out at school?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āϤāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ?”

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

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ MP3 āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϤ āϘāύ āϘāύ āĻļā§‹āύ⧇āύ?”

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

“āĻ•āϤ āϘāύ āϘāύ āĻĄā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇?”

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

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āϤ āϘāύ āϘāύ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϜāĻŋāύ āĻŽā§‡āχāϞ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāύ?”

“How often do you report to your supervisor?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ­āĻžāχāϜāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āĻ•āϤ āϘāύ āϘāύ āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ?”

“How often do you stretch before working out?”

“āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āφāωāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āϤ āϘāύ āϘāύ āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ?”

“How often do you talk to your parents?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āϤāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āύ?”

“How often do you travel?”

“āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇?”