What does sometimes mean?
Word: Sometimes
Part of Speech: Adverb
Meaning: Sometimes means now and then, at certain moments but not all the time.
How do you spell sometimes?
Syllables: some - times
Tricky part: The e after the m makes no sound, so many children drop it and write somtimes.
Watch out for: somtimes, sometims
Memory tip: Think of that silent e as a quiet child in the back row: you may not hear it, but it is still there.
Sometimes in a sentence
Example 1: It sometimes rains here in January.
Example 2: I sometimes help my grandmother water her plants.
Example 3: We sometimes walk home, but Papa often picks us up.
Fun Fact
Shakespeare used a form with no s at the end to mean the same thing in one of his best-known sonnets. Today only this form carries that meaning.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the correctly spelt compound word:
a) sometimes
b) sometimez
c) sometimmes
d) sometymes
Show answer
a) sometimes. The long i is spelt with an i, one m follows it, and the word closes with an s.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our teacher sumtimes reads us a story after lunch.
a) story
b) lunch
c) sumtimes
d) teacher
Show answer
c) sumtimes. The opening sounds like sum, but it is spelt with an o.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
sometimes
a) always
b) never
c) occasionally
d) forever
Show answer
c) occasionally. If you do something occasionally, you do it now and then.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
mestoemis
a) someitmes
b) sometiems
c) sometimes
d) sometmies
Show answer
c) sometimes. Ask yourself which one tells you how often.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Kiran sometimes eats dosa for breakfast. Which statement is true?
a) She eats dosa every single day
b) On other days she eats something else
c) She has never eaten a dosa
d) She eats dosa at night and not by day
Show answer
b) On other days she eats something else
2. Which of these happens sometimes, not every day?
a) the earth turning round
b) night following the day
c) a thunderstorm in the afternoon
d) the sun rising in the east
Show answer
c) a thunderstorm in the afternoon
