these resources are not trustable, but in time we SKILL

GRAMMM
USED TO, BE USED TO, GET USED TO need to get used to differentiating reliable
AR
information from the unreliable one. After all, there TOPIC:
B. RE is a silver lining in every cloud, and not being used USED TO,
BE USED
A. BEFORE YOU READ to something new cannot be a logical reason to TO, GET
reject a new development unless it is really useless. USED TO
Look at the title of the text, how and in what PREPARE
D BY:
areas do you think life has changed thanks to In short, as most people use the internet and ÖZLEM
technology? benefit its positive outcomes, it is possible to say ÇITAK
without it life wouldn’t be so easy. SÜRÜCÜ
PROOFRE
WITHOUT TECHNOLOGY AD BY:
SİBEL
“Technology makes the world a new place.” says B. READING KAYA
Shoshana Zuboff, the famous Harvard professor.
Technology has become maybe the most important B.1. Read the text and answer the questi ons
part of our daily lives. Have you ever thought what below as True or False.
our lives were like without it?
1. People don’t like writi ng e-mails.T/F
The first field it has an effect on is the 2. Adapti ng to new technological applicati ons
communication. In the past, everybody wrote will take ti me for people.T/F
letters and went to the post 3. Today, travelling is not any easier than the
office to sent it. It would be past. T/F
delivered within 1 week or 4. Most people want to use their own car
so. Sometimes, there were because it is more comfortable. T/F
problems with this process 5. It is impossible to fi nd reliable informati on
as well, posts would get lost on the internet. T/F
and never delivered. At this 6. Technology made our life less diffi cult in
point technology has been a savior. Nowadays, many fi elds. T/F
many of us have started to write e-mails which are
quicker and easier. Moreover, other than e-mails B.2. Match the bold faced words in the text
we have a lot of applications, we may not be used with the their definitions.
to using all of them, but in time we definitely will
get used to benefiting from them. 1. deliver a. undependable, false

Secondly, transportation, which 90

is an inseparable 2. savior b. take advantage
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part of our daily life, ÖZLEM
has changed quite ÇITAK
a lot. SÜRÜCÜ, FCE USE OF ENGLISH
People
had to wait for buses if they 3. benefit c. result
wanted to travel to the places
4. inseparable d. reliable, dependable
which had no airport.
However, now it is possible to
5. trustable e. turn down, not to accept
use speed trains to most
places. People like taking these trains so much that 6. unreliable f. att ached, united
many do not prefer to drive their own vehicle since
the trip takes much less time with a speed train. 7. reject g. to bring, to transport

Another field is definitely our access to the

information. The only source of information was 8. outcome h. rescuer, helper
books and encyclopedias before technology
introduced us with many kinds of resources. Now, it
is much easier and quicker
to reach a piece of
information that we need.
For some of us most of

1

C. GRAMMAR
A) Used to/would
1. Form: Used To/would + Base Verb
 ‘Used to’ is always followed by a
base verb.
2. Use:
‘Used to’ shows that an acti on was
performed repeatedly in the past, but is no
longer performed in the present. It is
commonly used when talking about long
periods in the past (e.g., childhood, school
years, past job, etc.)
3. Examples:
e.g. I used to eat meat, but I don’t anymore.
e.g. They would study English every day in
high school.
e.g. Did you use to play video games when
you were a child?
Att ention! Compare the two sentences:
e.g. 1. This tool is used to fix broken taps.
(function of the tool)(A passive structure)
e.g.2. He used to use this tool to fix broken
taps.(a past acti on a person did)(An acti ve
structure)
Att ention! We cannot use would as used to C.1. Make true sentences according to text.
with the verbs live, have, and be:
Use the words given.
e.g. I used to have a house around.(would)
e.g. They used to live in this house. (would)In the past;
e.g. She used to be a good doctor. (would)
DURATION: 90 MIN
REFERENCE: ÖZLEM ÇITAK SÜRÜCÜ, FCE USE OF ENGLISH
B) Get Used To
1. Form: Get Used To + -ing Verb / Noun
‘Get used to’ is followed by a gerund (-ing
verb)or a noun.
2. Use:
‘Get used to’ indicates that something is
becoming familiar. Use this expression for a
new habit or routi ne.
3. Examples:
e.g. I’m getti ng used to living with my new
roommate.
e.g. Our new teacher quickly got used to our
large, multi cultural class.
e.g. They couldn’t get used to the noisy
2
neighborhood, so they moved. SKILL
e.g. Has your brother gotten used to his new GRAMMM
AR
boss? TOPIC:
USED TO,
BE USED
TO, GET
USED TO
PREPARE
D BY:
C) Be Used To ÖZLEM
ÇITAK
1. Form: Be Used To + -ing Verb / Noun SÜRÜCÜ
‘Be used to’ is followed by a gerund (-ing PROOFRE
verb) or a noun. Note that the ‘used to’ part AD BY:
SİBEL
will never change to ‘use to’. Only ‘be’ will KAYA
change to reflect the verb tense.
2. Use:
‘Be used to’ indicates that something has
become familiar. Use this expression when
something is now a habit or routine (and has
been going on for a while).
3. Examples:
e.g. She’s used to getti ng up at 6:00 a.m.
because she does it every day.
e.g. Is your friend used to the noise from the
constructi on site next to her offi ce?
e.g. The teacher wasn’t used to answering so
many questions during class.
e.g. By this time next year, I’ll be used to
living in Brazil.
a) People/write/letters
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
b) Letters /deliver
________________________________
________________________________
c) The only source of informati on/books
and encyclopedias
________________________________
________________________________
In the future/At present;
d) People/write/e-mails
________________________________
________________________________
e) People/use/ applicati ons
 ________________________________ 7) Aft er the holidays it takes me a week SKILL
___________________up early again. GRAMMM
________________________________ AR
A to get used to getti ng
TOPIC:
B to be used to getti ng USED TO,
f) People/take/train C to get used to get BE USED
________________________________ TO, GET
________________________________ 8) The queue in the USED TO
baker's___________________to be PREPARE
g) People/find/ reliable informati on D BY:
________________________________ so bad but now it's terrible. It must be ÖZLEM
that new chapata bread they bake. It's ÇITAK
________________________________
delicious. SÜRÜCÜ
A didn't use PROOFRE
C.2. Choose the correct opti on that best B didn't used AD BY:
SİBEL
completes the sentences. C was used
KAYA

9) Do you mind if I____________ your

1) Jim doesn't have a girlfriend now but phone?
he ___________________ . A used
A. didn't use to B am using
B. used to C use
C. was using to

2) People ___________________the
Internet yet but in a few years ti me
C.3. Rewrite the following sentences using
everybody will be surfing around like
crazy. used to/be used to/get used to.
A aren't used to using
B don’t use 1. Marc ate a lot of pizza when he was a child.
C aren't use to using ______________________________________
______________________________________
3) I___________________ to play
football when I was young. I'm too 2. Nana speaks good English, so she will pass
old and fat to play now. the English exam.
A use ______________________________________
B got used to ______________________________________
C used
3. Women wore long skirts in the 19th
4) Pepe Juan was in London for a year. He century.
liked England, but he ___________the ______________________________________
insipid food and the miserable
DURATION: 90 MIN weather. ______________________________________
A could everREFERENCE:
get used to ÖZLEM ÇITAK SÜRÜCÜ,4.FCE USE
Julia canOF ENGLISH
skate on the ice for hours, she
B could never get used to
does it quite well.
C can ever get used to
______________________________________
______________________________________
5. When I went to school I wore a uniform.
______________________________________
5) I've been getti ng up early every day for
______________________________________
years but I___________________to it.
A don’t used
B am sti ll not used 6. It is diffi cult for me to get up early but I
C am already used think I will become accustomed to it in a few
days.
6) At fi rst it was diffi cult for her to speak
______________________________________
in French all the time but she
___________________ to it now. ______________________________________
A is used 7. Kim is a lawyer so she speaks with criminals
B uses every day.
C gets used ______________________________________
______________________________________

3
8. Women didn’t vote in electi ons a long ti me SKILL
GRAMMM
ago. AR
______________________________________ TOPIC:
______________________________________ USED TO,
BE USED
9. I smoked a lot two years ago but I don’t TO, GET
now. USED TO
PREPARE
______________________________________ D BY:
______________________________________ ÖZLEM
10. I have worn glasses for 10 years so I don’t ÇITAK
SÜRÜCÜ
mind wearing them. PROOFRE
______________________________________ AD BY:
SİBEL
______________________________________ KAYA

11. I just moved to Ireland, I hope to become

accustomed to driving on the left quickly.
______________________________________
______________________________________

D.SPEAKING

Look at the questi ons below and ask one of

them to your friend.

1. Are you used to working in a team?

2. How can you get used to speaking
English outside the classroom?
3. Who would you phone every day when
you were a teenager?
4. Did you use to share your clothes with
your friends?
5. Do you know anybody who used to
smoke andDURATION:
has given 90 MINrecently?
it up
REFERENCE: ÖZLEM ÇITAK SÜRÜCÜ, FCE USE OF ENGLISH
6. Are you used to wearing flip-flops in
the summer?

ANSWER KEY
A. Answers will vary.
B.
B.1.
1. F
2. T
3. F
4. F
5. F
6.T

B.2.
1. g

4
 2. h 6. It is diffi cult for me to get up early but I SKILL
GRAMMM
3. b think I will get used to it in a few days.
AR
4.f 7. Kim is a lawyer so she is used to speaking TOPIC:
5.d with criminals every day. USED TO,
BE USED
6.a 8. Women didn’t use to/wouldn’t vote in TO, GET
7.e electi ons a long ti me ago. USED TO
8.c 9. I used to smoke a lot two years ago but I PREPARE
D BY:
C. don’t now. ÖZLEM
C.1. 10. I have worn glasses for 10 years so I am ÇITAK
a) People used to/would write letters. used to wearing them. SÜRÜCÜ
PROOFRE
b) Letters used to be delivered in a 11. I just moved to Ireland, I hope to get used AD BY:
week or so to driving on the left quickly. SİBEL
c) The only source of information used KAYA
to/would be books and encyclopedias. D.
d) People have got used to writi ng e- Answers will vary.
mails.
e) People’ll get used to using
applicati ons.
f) People are used to taking trains.
g) People will get used to finding
reliable informati on.

C.2.

1. B
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. B
6. A
7. A
8. A
9. A

DURATION: 90 MIN
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C.3.

1. Marc used to/would eat a lot of pizza when

he was a child.
2. Nana is used to speaking good English so
she will pass the English exam.
3. Women used to wear long skirts in the 19th
century.
4. Julia is used to skati ng on the ice for hours,
she does it quite well.
5. When I went to school I used to wear a
uniform.