Sometime، sometimes و some time فرقشون چیه؟

Hi guys

Today I want to clear up

some confusion around the words:

sometime,

sometimes

and some time.

Are they all the same?

No

these words have different meanings

and different usages.

Sometimes

This is an adverb of frequency.

Meaning how frequently and often

something happens.

Sometimes means

it happens on certain occasions

but not always.

For example:

Sometimes I drive to school

and other times I take the bus.

His English is pretty good

but he sometime makes grammar mistakes.

Sometimes is typically used with simple present

and simple past.

It can be placed immediately

after the subject

and before the main verb.

For example:

Sometimes I drive to school.

I sometimes drive to school.

It can also be used at the end of the phrase.

I drive to school sometimes.

Sometime

Sometime

one word without an s at the end

is also an adverb.

But it means

at an unspecified time in the future or the past.

For example:

We should go out for coffee sometime.

He’d like to talk to you sometime.

Let’s get together sometime soon.

I’ll call you sometime this afternoon.

She quit her job sometime last year.

Sometime is used at the end of a phrase

as in the first two examples.

When it is used like this

it means in the future.

We should go out for coffee sometime.

Means sometime in the future.

It can also be used in a structure

Sometime + a time period

Sometime this week

Sometime next year

Sometime yesterday

some time

Now let’s take a look at some time

which is two words.

This means the period of time.

For example:

Every evening

I spend some time relaxing in the bath.

It will take some time to finish this project.

We don’t say how long the period of time is.

It might be an hour, a couple of weeks

or a year.

Some time can be used in the past,

present and future,

as you can see in the 2 examples.

Let’s review:

Sometimes refers to frequency.

It means on occasion but not always.

Sometime refers to an unspecified time

in the past or future.

Some time refers to a period of time.

Now I want you to do this exercise

and write the answer in the comment section.