Level 6 - Unit 6
Used to - To get used to - To be used to
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3 forms of "Used to"

 



1 - Used to + infinitive - a habit in the past. BUT now finished:

"I used to smoke a pipe but now I smoke cigars."
"I used to cycle to work before I took up jogging."
"It used to take hours to do this procedure before we got the new centrifuge."

2 - The same form is also used for ongoing situations in the past BUT now finished - especially with the verbs "to live" and "to work" and similar usages:

"John used to work for a commercial laboratory before he joined a government research team."
"The Matabele tribe used to inhabit this region."


This form is little used in questions and less in negatives. Strict grammar should apply the form "Used you to..." for the question and "I usen't to" for the negative but in modern usage you will hear:
" I didn't use to smoke at all."
"Where did you use to live?"
(Being rare there are no examples of this question form in this activity.)


3 - To be used to + noun or gerund: an acquired habituation, accustomisation, adaptation or acclimatisation:

"Indians are used to spicy food."
"He's only been in Rome for a few days: he's not used to the traffic yet."

 

4 - To get used to + noun or gerund: the acquisition process leading to the above:

"I can't get used to my new glasses!"
"If you take sleeping pills every day your body will get used to them and they won't have any effect."

In the midddle ages people living in smoky homes as there were no chimneys.

I have never been able the climate in this country.

Peter play football for the town team before his accident.

I couldn't understand the local accent when I first came here but it now.

I go fishing a lot but I don't have enough time these days..

Visitors to the high Andes often have breathing problems. They're the thin atmosphere.

Don't worry about the smell. You'll it eventually!

During the war people work longer hours.

In wartime people have to working longer hours.

We never see these butterflies round here. Only since we've had warmer summers.

Kids so typing these days they're forgetting how to write with a pen.

I'm sorry I've broken your drill. I'm using power tools. (negative)

When you lived in France I bet you get fish and chips as as good as these! (negative - 3/4 words)