B2 COURSE

Unit 35 - To be / Get used to

Do you remember ‘Used to’ from the 1st trimester? Yes? No? Well, here’s a quick recap in case you
forgot!

Used to + infinitive

The used to form is used when we want to talk about things that were happening (regularly, many
times) in the past. These things do not happen any longer.

Examples:
I used to sing in a band.
She used to play tennis.
We used to have dinner all together on Sundays.

For negative sentences we have to use didn’t use to form.

Examples:
I didn’t use to play the guitar.
He didn’t use to go to the mountains with us.
They did not use to go to sleep so late.

Questions are formed with Did someone use to...?

Examples:
Did you use to go to school through a park?
Did she use to cook every day?
Did they use to travel a lot?

Why are we remembering this? Well, because there are other uses of ‘used to’. Are they exactly the
same? No! So, be careful.

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Unit 35 - To be / Get used to

Be / Get Used To + Gerund

When you are getting used to something, you are becoming accustomed to the thing/situation. The
thing is not so strange for you now.

If you are used to something, it means you do not find the thing/situation weird at all.

Both of them – to be used to, to get used to – are followed by a noun, pronoun or gerund (the -ing
form of a verb).

Verb / verb form Usage Example

We use phones for

CHEF
To utilise, employ stg
TO USE texting and surfing
for an activity
the internet.

We used to write
Past habits or states
letters by hand to
USED TO that are different
communicate with
from now
others

I'm getting used to

Process of becoming
the smartphone I
comfortable or at
TO GET USED TO bought last week, but
ease with a recent
I still don't know how
change
to install apps.

I'm used to texting

To be comfortable or
with my new
TO BE USED TO at ease with a
smartphone now. I
change
can do it easily!

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Unit 35 - To be / Get used to

Examples:

Get used to Get used to

I’m getting used to waking up early. I am used to singing in front of many people.
Is she getting used to driving on the left side? Is he used to staying awake till late night?
They can’t get used to living abroad. They are not used to cooking every day.

Both forms can be used with past, present and future tenses.
And the verb does not change in the negative form or in question form.

Examples:
I got used to waking up early for my new job easily.
You might not like it at the beginning but you will soon get used to it.
He wasn’t used to going to work by bus.

VIDEO - Be used to / Get used to