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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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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