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Used To, Get Used To
Used To, Get Used To
Used To, Get Used To
2. I'm terribly nervous. I'm not used ___________ (speak) to a large audience.
4. Lots of trains used ___________ (stop) here, but not many do now.
6. I'll have an orange juice, please. I'm not used ___________ (drink) alcohol.
7. David doesn't seem to mind being in hospital. I suppose he's got used _________ (be) there.
8. When Laura was at college, she used ____________ (have) a picture of Elvis Presley on her bedroom wall.
9. There used __________ (be) a cinema here but it was knocked down a few years ago.
10. When she arrived in Britain, she wasn't used __________ (drive) on the left, but she soon got used to it.
Exercise 9: For each sentence, choose a variety of “used to”, “be used to” or “get used to”. Use the verb in
the brackets to make the sentence. Don’t use any contractions.
1. European drivers find it difficult to _______________________ (drive) on the left when they visit Britain.
2. See that building there? I _______________________ (go) to school there, but now it’s a factory.
3. I’ve only been at this company a couple of months. I _______________________ (still not) how they do
things round here.
4. When I first arrived in this neighbourhood, I _______________________ (live) in a house. I had always lived
in apartment buildings.
5. Working till 10pm isn’t a problem. I _______________________ (finish) late. I did it in my last job too.
6. I can’t believe they are going to build an airport just two miles from our new house! I will
_______________________ (never) all that noise! What a nightmare.
7. His father _______________________ (smoke) twenty cigars a day – now he doesn’t smoke at all!
8. Whenever all my friends went to discos, I _______________________ (never go) with them, but now I enjoy
it.
When Max went to live in Italy, he _______________________ (live) there very quickly. He’s a very open
minded person.