We use “how often” to ask questions about the frequency in which we do things.
“How often” comes at the beginning of the clause as you can see in the following sentences
- How often do you go to the cinema?
- How often do you play soccer?
- How often do you watch anime?
- How often do you watch TV?
To answer questions with how often, you need to know two important topics:
- Frequency Adverbs
- Simple Present
Let’s check more things about how often questions so you can make and answer those type of questions correctly
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How Often and Frequency Adverbs
How often questions require that you manage frequency adverbs so you can answer this type of questions
These are the most common frequency adverbs in English:
| Always | I always go out on Friday Nights |
| Never | She never plays soccer with her friends |
| Sometimes | Sometimes I go running with my best friend |
| Rarely | He rarely goes to the gym |
| Every week | I go to the movies every week |
| Every Night | I play soccer every night |
We will see some examples of how often questions and ways to answer them later in this post.
Meanwhile, let’s check all the how often questions you can make.
How Often Questions: Entertainment
These are some how often questions related to entertainment
How Often do you…
- Go to concerts?
- Watch movies?
- Watch horror movies?
- Watch TV with your children?
- Watch anime?
- Listen to music?
- Watch horror movies?
- Play video games?
- Play sports?
- Go to the movies?
- Go out with your friends?
How Often Questions: Sports and Exercises
These are some how often questions about sports and exercises
How Often do you…
- Play soccer?
- Play basketball?
- Go running?
- Go to the gym?
- Do squats?
- Do push ups?
- Do squats?
- Do spinning?
- Ride a bicycle?
- Lift Weights
How Often Questions: Social Media
These are some how often questions about social media
How Often do you…
- Post pictures on social media?
- Check facebook?
- Check your phone during the day?
- Chat with friends?
- Make a whatsapp call to friends?
- Post a status on whatsapp or Facebook?
- Share memes on social networks?
How Often Questions: Shopping
These are some how often questions about shoping
How Often do you…
- Go shopping?
- Shop for new shoes?
- Shop for a new backpack and wallet?
- Shop for clothing online?
- Buy new jeans and shirts?
- Buy a dress?
- Buy a suit?
How Often Questions: Eating
These are some how often questions with food-related topics
How often do you…
- Go to fast food restaurants?
- Eat hamburgers?
- Eat pizza?
- Eat chicken?
- Eat vegetables?
- Make breakfast?
- Eat cereal for breakfast?
- Make lunch?
- Make dinner?
- Eat Dessert after lunch?
- Eat junk food?
- Eat Fruits?
Questions and Answers: How Often do you…?
These are some questions and answer with how often do you…?
| How often do you go to the movies? | I never go to the movies because I watch movies at home? |
| How often do you go running? | I go running twice a week |
| How often do you listen to music? | I listem all the time, I love music |
| How often do you go to the gym? | I never go to the gym |
| How often do you eat pizza? | I eat pizza twice a week |
| How often do you eat chicken? | I have chicken for lunch every other day |
| How often do you check Facebook? | I check Facebook several times during the day |
| How often do you ride a bicycle? | I don’t usually ride a bicycle |
| How often do you make lunch? | I don’t make lunch |
| How often do you buy suits? | I never buy suits, I don’t need them |
| How often do you buy tennis shoes? | I buy tennis shoes once a year |
| How often do you go to Taco Bell? | Sometimes I go to Taco Bell |
| How often do you take a shower? | I take a shower every day |
| How often do you drive to work? | I drive to work 5 days a week |
| How often do you study English? | I study English every day |
| How often do you play soccer? | I never play soccer |
