Confusing Words Be Used To and Get Used To English Grammar

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back to ask Alicia the weekly series

where you ask me questions and I answer

them maybe let’s get to your first

question this week first question this

week comes from Amer Ibrahim high Amer

Amer says what is the difference between

two and into a great question yeah

generally we use into when we’re talking

about movement from one place inside of

another place two is used generally to

talk about moving from point A to point

B so let’s take a look at a few examples

first let’s jump into the pool he walked

into the store we drove into the carwash

so in each of these example sentences

there’s an object or a person moving

inside of a location so they’re going

from outside a location to inside of a

location we use in to to show that the

movement is happening and to show that

that object or that person is being

enclosed in something else let’s compare

this then to the same sentences with two

instead of in two for example let’s jump

to the pool he walked to the store we

drove to the carwash these sentences are

all grammatically correct but they don’t

show movement from something outside a

place or outside of a situation inside

something else actually these sentences

Express the method by which we travel so

in the first sentence let’s jump to the

pool

it means like let’s travel by jumping to

the pool like to the area next to the

pool for example in the second example

sentence he walked to the store it means

he traveled to the store by walking in

the third

sample sentence we drove to the carwash

it means the speaker’s used a car to

travel to the carwash so into actually

means going inside something to means

like the method by which we travel to a

location so this is a key point of

difference you’ll notice that just

changing the preposition in these

example sentences totally changes the

meaning of the sentence so please try to

keep this in mind when you’re choosing

between into and to into is used to talk

about moving inside of something else

and to is used to talk about like the

actual part where you’re moving to a

location so you’re moving from point A

to point B not necessarily being

enclosed in something so this is a quick

and general rough guide for the

difference between these two I hope that

it helps you thanks for the question

ok let’s move on to your next question

next question comes from Alexi k hi

Alexi

Alexi says hi Alicia I can’t understand

the difference between be use to and get

used to especially in the past tense

because there’s no continuous tense in

Russian can you give me some advice in a

couple of examples yeah a nice question

and it does depend a little bit on the

sentence especially for be used to so

just a reminder we can use be used to or

be used to they have the same spelling

in different ways so we use be used to

to talk about some things purpose for

example this printer is used to print

models and we also use used to or used

to depending on the sentence to talk

about things we are accustomed to doing

so as in the example like I’m used to

having a busy schedule so please keep in

mind that although the Spelling’s are

the same the meanings are different

depending on the sentence I want to

focus on the second type that I

introduced here this I’m used to having

a busy schedule so as a refresher we use

this kind of pattern when we want to

talk about

thing were accustomed to doing I’m used

to having a busy schedule in present

tense past tense and future tense

however we tend to use get used to get

used to so for example I got used to

having a busy schedule or I’ll get used

to having a busy schedule we can also

use it in present perfect tense as in

I’ve gotten used to having a busy

schedule you could use it with the

progressive tense - I’m getting used to

having a busy schedule so what’s the

difference here with all of these sorts

of things we don’t use that present

tense I am used to or I am not used to

unless we want to talk about the current

situation something that’s true now or

something that’s not true now with the

negative for example I’m used to making

Q&A videos or I’m not used to making Q&A

videos those refer to something that is

true now we use get used to to talk

about things in the past or in the

future or which are currently in

progress as with the progressive form

I’m getting used to having a busy

schedule that means I’m in the process

of being accustomed to having a busy

schedule let’s look a little bit more at

the other forms I talked about I got

used to I got used to having a busy

schedule means I’m now accustomed to it

that part is finished that’s okay for me

in future tense I will get used to

having a busy schedule or I’ll get used

to having a busy schedule it means I’m

not used to it now I’m not accustom now

but in the future I will be so it will

become okay is what it means in the

perfect tense I’ve gotten used to having

a busy schedule means over time I have

gradually become accustomed to having a

busy schedule so in sum when you want to

talk about something that’s true now use

the be used to structure or not used to

structure as I talked about before if

you want to talk about the past or about

the future or if you want to talk about

something that started in the past and

affects the present you can use the get

used

pattern these sound a little bit more

natural so I hope that this helps you it

may be a lot of information but it’s a

small point that I think will help you

to sound a little more fluent with this

pattern so thanks very much for the

question all right let’s move on to your

next question next question comes from

Ivan hi Ivan Ivan says hi Alicia what’s

the difference between past simple and

present perfect for example I lost my

keys versus I’ve lost my keys or I

bought a new car versus I’ve bought a

new car thanks okay yeah a nice question

basically when we use simple past tense

we’re talking about an action that

started and finished in the past when we

use simple past tense it’s like we’re

reporting information so I lost my keys

or I bought a new car or I sold my house

so it’s like a fact a quick fact a

simple report it’s done when we want to

communicate that some past action has an

effect on the present we can use the

present perfect tense so for example

I’ve lost my keys or I’ve bought a new

house or I’ve sold my car so what could

the effect be there in the first example

I’ve lost my keys it’s like at some

point in the past I don’t know when but

at some point in the past I lost my keys

now I cannot find my keys I still cannot

find my keys so this is the effect a

negative effect on me right now is like

I can’t use my car or maybe I can’t go

home like I have to find my keys so

there’s some effect from this past

situation losing your keys in the other

examples which were like I’ve bought a

house or I’ve sold my car

maybe the effects are like you have a

lot of money or you have to move to a

new house or now you have a new car that

you can use to drive around so when we

use the present perfect tense here we

want to communicate that there’s some

kind of effect from this past action

when we’re using simple past tense it’s

like we’re giving a quick report

something is done or we don’t feel it’s

so important to

about an effect we just want to like to

give this information I lost my keys so

it’s a little bit quicker yes and it’s

also just kind of like more direct we

don’t think about the effects so much of

that action so that’s a really quick

guide to maybe why we would choose to

use present perfect tense as opposed to

simple past tense I hope that this helps

you thanks for the question

okay let’s move on to your next question

next question comes from Sergey hi

Sergei Sergei says hi Alicia what is the

difference between consist of and

include in what situations can I use

these words yeah you can think of

consists of to mean is made of when we

use consist of it’s like a more formal

way of saying something is made of

something else for example this cake

consists of flour eggs butter and sugar

or today’s tour consists of a bus ride

lunch and a guided walk around the

Eiffel Tower so in each of these cases

we’re talking about all of the things

that make up the subject of the sentence

so in these cases the subjects were the

cake and the tour for the day so

consists of means is made of this thing

is made of these various parts include

on the other hand is used when we want

to like highlight something that’s

especially important so we don’t list

everything inside something we it’s like

we’re choosing maybe some category or

we’re choosing some important feature of

something so we might say like the

ingredients for this cake include eggs

and butter so maybe we need to include

that for like allergy reasons or like

today’s tour includes lunch so maybe

there’s some key information we want to

include we want to share that there for

some reason

so consists of is like made of we talked

about all of the things used to make

something includes is used to highlight

something or to share a feature of

something it does not necess

thoroughly mean that’s everything like

today’s tour includes lunch doesn’t mean

the tour is only lunch it means that

inside today’s tour there is also lunch

so this is the difference between

consists of and includes I hope that

this helps you thanks for the question

ok let’s move on to your next question

next question comes from Pedro Henrique

a hi Pedro Pedro says what’s the

expression have a blast mean Oh have a

blast means to have fun it means to

enjoy yourself to have a great time it’s

a very casual friendly phrase that you

can use with your friends or with your

family we tend to use it for things we

expect are going to be super super

exciting like going to an amusement park

or seeing a concert or traveling to

another country so you can use it in

present tense you can use it in past

tense whatever if you go to a concert

and you want to tell your friend about

it you can say I had a blast or the

concert was a blast

if you want to wish your friend an

exciting time you can say have a blast

before they go or if you want to talk

about a future plan your friend is

traveling somewhere you can say oh wow

you’re gonna have a blast on your trip

to Europe so to have a blast means to

have a great time I hope that this helps

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