USED TO USE TO BE USED TO GET USED TO WOULD DO English Grammar Lesson with Examples Quiz

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it’s been a little while since i’ve last

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but this topic has been very highly

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today we are going to talk about used

to used to how are they different

would to be used to and

to get used to if you have any doubts

about the use of these

then this lesson is for you and of

course

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okay let’s talk about used to and used

to

firstly let’s focus on the pronunciation

because i know

this is very confusing for many students

because when we say

used on its own we use the z

sound and the d sound

used but to say

used to is quite a mouthful

so you will hear speakers of english

saying used to

used to that means that both used

to and use to

are pronounced in the same way in normal

conversation used to used to

this makes it slightly easier for you in

spoken english

but in written english you do have to be

careful

let’s focus on used to we use used to to

talk about

past habits that we don’t do in the

present

or past states that are no longer true

used to with the base form of a verb

also called the bare infinitive but i’m

going to call it the base verb here

i used to do yoga but now i don’t have

time

i used to go to a language school but

i finished the course i used to live in

seville

but now i live in england i used to be

a waitress but now i’m a teacher and

that’s an example of a state that’s not

talking about a habit

something like i used to have short hair

that wasn’t a habit that was a state

so that’s using used with the d at the

end but you will see that people use

use with no d at the end this is a point

of confusion

for many of my students in questions and

negatives

we use use instead i didn’t used to like

avocados but now i love them

did you used to work at the corner shop

he didn’t used to care about his

appearance

but now he takes pride in it did they

used to go to the same school as us

it’s worth noting that when you use

never

you do use used with the d

he didn’t used to care about his

appearance he never used to care about

his appearance

we will do lots of testing of this in

the quiz at the end

but now it’s time to talk about wood

when

somebody is telling a story about the

past

you might hear them use would plus

base verb when i lived in seville we

would eat lunch

at 4 p.m when i was studying spanish

i would watch spanish tv shows

now you might think ah so it’s the same

as used to

not exactly we can’t use

wood plus base verb to talk about past

states only past habits

an example i would have short hair

does not mean the same thing as i used

to have short hair

or i would live in seville does not mean

the same thing

as i used to live in seville so remember

word plus

base verb is only appropriate for past

habits or repeated actions

let’s move on to to be used to

when we want to talk about things that

we are accustomed to or things that

feel normal to us we use to be

plus used to plus verb

in an example i’m used to running

in cold weather so i don’t mind it i’m

accustomed to running in cold weather

it feels normal to me to run in cold

weather

another example my fiance will is used

to working hard

so when we go on holiday he becomes

restless

working hard is normal to him is what he

is accustomed to

we can also use to be used to plus

noun or pronoun i live in the

countryside

so i am used to mud for example wet soil

he is very handsome so he is used to

compliments he is accustomed

to compliments my sister is annoying

but i’m used to her remember that here

the verb to be can be put into

any tense when i started waitressing

i wasn’t used to carrying trays of

drinks

true story i dropped so many trays of

drinks

soon i will be used to taking public

transport

so it won’t be so intimidating finally

we have

to get used to different to

to be used to here you can think

of to get as to become to become

used to you form it in the same way as

to be used to we use to get used to

plus verb in or to get used to

plus noun or pronoun we use it to talk

about a

change in what we are accustomed to

again this can be used in any tense at

first

i didn’t like stretching after running

but i got used to it

or i am getting used to public speaking

i am becoming accustomed

to public speaking or i hope i’ll get

used to driving in london

soon true story i have been driving for

four years

and i still am not used to driving in

london i need to do it more to become

more accustomed to it okay i hope this

lesson

clarified some of your doubts but to

make sure it’s fully in your brain

i now have a quiz for you it’s a

multiple choice quiz

you can write your answers in the

comments section down below

or you can download the pdf and do it on

there number one

when i started waitressing i needed help

with

carrying trays but now i

them by myself

when i started waitressing i needed help

with carrying trays

but now i am used to carrying them by

myself number two

i every day

but now i don’t have time

i used to read english every day

but now i don’t have time number three

don’t worry this grammar is easy you

it in no time

don’t worry this grammar is easy you

will get used to it

in no time number four i was surprised

to see her running

she when i knew her

i was surprised to see her running she

didn’t used to run

when i knew her number five

when i had to get the train to work i

very early

when i had to get the train to work i

used to get

up very early number six

when i was younger i

to the shop with my grandma to buy

sweets

when i was younger i would go to the

shops with my grandma

to buy sweets number seven

whenever we went to london we always

in the grand hotel

whenever we went to london we always

used to stay

in the grand hotel number eight

when you were a teenager did you

to rap music

when you’re a teenager did you used to

listen

to rap music number nine she didn’t

about fashion but now she spends a lot

of money on clothes

she didn’t used to care about fashion

but now she spends a lot of money on

clothes

number 10 i don’t like revising for

exams but

i it

i don’t like revising for exams but i am

getting used to it

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below

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