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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