USED TO/BE USED TO/GET USED TO

**Remember that Be/Get used to are followed by V+ING

Example:

Tom______________ (take) the bus to go to work, now

he walks. = > Tom used to take the bus to go to work...

Sending emails to my grandmother is difficult. She

isn't ___________a computer. => She isn't used to
using a computer.

1. Caroline _______________ (have) a

walkman, now she has an ipod.

2. We haven't seen Bob very often since he got

a promotion. He's very busy. He
_____________________(not be) so busy.

3. I've just got my first job. It's exciting but I'll

have _______________________(work) regular hours.

4. It is difficult for Tom to drive in England. He

____________________ (drive) on the left-hand side of
the road.

5. When Peter was young, he

________________ (ride) a bicycle to school.

6. People from India usually find our food

tasteless. They ________________________ (eat) spicy
food.

7. Computers ________________ (be) very

expensive. Now the prices are more reasonable.

8. English has become international.

Businessmen ________________________ (speak)
English at international meetings.

9. During my childhood,
I ________________ (spend) a lot of time with my
grandparents.

10. Maria _________________ (think) that she

would never ________________________ (live) in New
York.

Correction
1. Caroline used to have a walkman, now she
had an ipod.
2. We haven't seen Bob very often since he got
a promotion. He's very busy. He didn't use to be so
busy.
3. I've just got my first job. It's exciting but I'll
have to get used to working regular hours.
4. It is difficult for Tom to drive in England.
He isn't used to driving on the left-hand side of the
road.
5. When Peter was young, he used to ride a
bicycle to school.
6. People from India usually find our food
tasteless. They are used to eating spicy food.
7. Computers used to be very expensive.
Now the prices are more reasonable.
8. English has become international.
Businessmen are used to speaking / have
got used to speaking English at international meetings.
9. During my childhood, I used to spend a lot
of time with my grandparents.
10. Maria used to think that she would
never get used to living in New York