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Vocabulary – sometimes, sometime, some time, always, all ways
Sometimes, some time is all you need to figure out a language problem. But sometime in the future, or maybe it’s already happened to you sometime in the past, you won’t have that time. So here’s a little help with words that sound and look almost the same, but are really different.
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i am from algeria and i just wanted you to give us exercice to preper my self to do tofl test thx
Thank you very much for this wonderful lesson,Adam! Now I know the difference between these words. Very helpful.Thanks again.I’ll be looking forward to your following classes!
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I have a query regarding the 4th question. Shouldn’t be the right answer ‘anytime’? I think the determiner in this kind of question is not some.
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Hi Anri,
You are right. Anytime can work here as well. However, sometime is also correct in that it stresses the idea of soon, making the question more urgent. Anytime soon suggests I’m not in a hurry.
Does that help?
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before i only heard sometimes
and i do not about other today i know all about word. thanks you are great teacher looking forward to seeing other tips
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I had some problems with understanding what “sometime” means, but after 3rd watching of the vid, I realized that we can simply replace “sometime” with “once”. Am I right?
Is there a possibility of using “sometime” in the same meaning as “sometimes”?
as far as I know
sometime it can be use as once when the sentence that talking about the past,,not in the future
nope there is no possibility,due to
sometimes = occasionally or every so often or every now and then
sometime = at the time in the future or in the past
So, for the future we can use “someday” or “one day”. :)
yep,, you can used someday for the unknown time in the future,especially a long time in the future. and one day also the same .
I also found this:
“Tenses after “once” are the same as tenses after “when”.”
Basically, I can say “Once I get there…”, and this refers to the future and is similar to “When I get there…”
I’m wondering about “Sometime I get there…” xD
I seek about this point :
once close tho this meaning ^ one occasion only ^
once could be talk about some time in the past ,but not now or in the future.
this is this when once be as adverb in the sentence.
whilst when it was as conjunction i`m not pretty sure about it could be .
and about sometime aye you can used it ,,
becuz sometime can refer to the future
Yes, “once” also means “1″.
– “How many times have you done this before?
– “Once or maybe twice in my life.” xD
Hi Morfik,
Not really. Though ‘once’ can be an indefinite time, it also suggests one time, while ‘sometime, is just a reference point o an indefinite time with no account of frequency.
If you can give me an example, I’ll let you know if it works.
Nothing comes to my mind. xD
But I have one question. Can “sometime” stand alone in a sentence, or do I have to use “sometime last week”, “sometime next year”, etc?
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Sometimes I was confused, now I learned the difference.
I got it Adam, thanks.
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Quiz was difficult, but 10/10.
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Q2 the answer it could be sometime
teacher please could you tell the different between sometimes and sometime
and last Q what’s all ways
Hi ikiller,
sometimes= frequency of habit, action, etc.
sometime= indefinite (not clear) point in time.
all ways means all methods, paths.
Does that help?
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Hello, I have two questions about Indirect speech.
1. I found on the net that “You can use the present tense in reported speech if you want to say that something is still true”. And there is an example:
“My name is Lynne”, she said.
We can change it to:
She said her name was Lynne.
or
She said her name is Lynne.
But what if we have this situation:
– My mom said, “It’s cold outside.”
And 5 mins later, I talk with my friend, and I’m saying to him: My mom said that it’s cold outside, maybe I’ll take a hat or something. — Do I have to say “was” in this case? There is still cold outside. In general, I’m asking about all those situations where we refer to someone’s words in near past. For another example:
My girlfriend said, “I want to go to the park”.
And I was talking with someone by the phone and after hearing that, I’m saying to him “Listen, I got to go because my girl said that she wants to go to the park.” Is this possible?
2. How to form Indirect speech for future events? Can I use future tenses, or is there other option?
She said, “I’ll be waiting for you tomorrow.”
Can I say: She told me that she will be waiting for me tomorrow?
Hi Morfik,
Well, this could actually be a whole lesson, but I’ll get to a quick point here:
Don’t forget that the reporting verb itself will be in the past. If the information is still true, the verb of the clause can remain in present.
She said it was cold outside.
She said it’s cold outside.
Both of these would work.
For future, because it’s technically hypothetical, you can say, She told she would wait for me… (the past of will is would)
Does that help?
In some ways :)
Adam, thanks for your help, these words are very useful and normally very confused…
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Sometimes I have some time for thinking things I’d like to do sometime in my life and always I ask myself: can I explore all ways? I’m afraid not.
Thanks for you lesson.
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Some Time (Singular?)
Some Times (Plural?)
What is the different between above words?
Hi, as far as I know, we never give space between sometimes. When it comes to singular and plural, time is an uncountable word, so we always use only some time in that sense of meaning. Hope it helps you.
Hi Tamil EElavan
Technically, yes, some times is the plural of some time, though there are few occasions to use the plural. A farmer has good times and bad times when it comes to his harvests. So… some times are good and some times are bad, where times refers to a period where a specific expectation is had.
Does that help?
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Hello Sir.
I don’t understand.
8. Tom’s boss told him to take _________ off work because he’s getting too stressed.
How is getting too stressed, Tom or his boss ?
I guess that, this question below is good.
8. Tom’s boss told him to take “some time” off work because “I” am getting too stressed.
Please Sir, what do you thing ?
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It is a great lesson.I always have confusion about these words and now I got some idea about these.I have a quick question.
Which one of following is correct
Do you have some time today or do you have sometime today?
Sir plz teach us the use of though,although……..from ur student
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When we use the All ways
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I have a concern about “some time”
We use this to mean ” a Day”. When we say i want some time off which means a day off.
can you please advise on this .
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