 How to use at all from EspressoEnglish.net Recently a student sent me this message She said I usually hear questions like this. Do you drive at all or similar and they are very confusing for me I never know if it is a positive or negative question and how to answer it. Could you help me on this? At all means something like anything more than zero or even a little bit. At all is most commonly used in negative sentences. For example, I don't eat pork at all means I don't eat pork not even a little bit. He doesn't exercise at all means he does no exercise zero exercise. The party was no fun at all. That means there was zero fun not even a little. I can't sing at all. That means I have zero singing talent not even a little ability to sing. So that's how to use at all in negative statements. In questions the person is inquiring about any activity even small or infrequent. So when someone asks, do you drive at all? They are asking do you drive even a little bit or even infrequently? So if you ever drive if the amount of your driving is more than zero then the answer would be yes. If you don't drive you never drive you spend zero time driving then the answer to do you drive at all would be no. Here's another example. Did he say anything at all? That means did he say anything even just a tiny or short phrase? If he said something even if it was just one word then the answer to this question would be yes. If he stayed silent then the answer to this question would be no. Let's put it into practice. Leave a comment on this video and fill in these two blanks. I don't like at all. For example, I don't like beans at all or I don't like rock music at all. Remember this should be something that you don't like even a little bit. You completely dislike it. And I haven't and then put an activity at all lately. For example, I haven't studied at all lately if you spend zero time studying in the past few days. Or I haven't watched TV at all lately. Again, if you've spent zero time doing this activity recently. At all is an example of an informal expression. That's a little bit hard to translate, but you'll hear it in spoken English. If you want to learn the real phrases and expressions that native speakers use, check out my everyday English speaking course. Click on the link in the video or in the description for more information.