Grammar

Past or present? PAST

Repeated or once? REPEATED
True now? NO

We used to drink Yupi not energizers

We used to watch Tom and Jerry on TV not on YouTube
We used to play Tetris not PS5
We used to be active not lazy
 USED TO

Past habits /
Past states
repeated action
We used to play Tetris We used to be active

S + used to + V
S + didn’t used to + V
Did + S + used to + V?
 would
ALTERNATIVE

Past habits /
Past states
repeated action
We would play Tetris We would be active
S + would + V
S + wouldn’t + V
Would + S + V?
Tell you partner about three things you used to do
as a child and three things you did not use to do.

Which examples can be changed with “would”?

 Exercise 1. Replace USED TO with WOULD in these sentences, where
possible.
1. Your mother have short dyed hair when she was a young girl, didn't she?
2. For years, they go on holiday to foreign, but then it became very
expensive.
3. Years ago, I write a diary every day but then I got bored with doing it and I
stopped
4. At the start of their marriage, they be very happy - but then it all went
wrong!
5. Do you remember how your uncle sit in that chair and smoke those disgusting
cigars.
6. When I was five, I be able to do incredible gymnastics. Now I can't even
touch my toes.
 Do they and we have same living standards?

They are used to eating papaya We are used to eating somsa

 to be + used to + Ving / noun
NORMAL SITUATION, ACCUSTOMED, NOT STRANGE
ODATIY HOLAT
ОБЫЧНОЕ/ПРИВИЧНОЕ ДЕЙСТВИЕ

They are used to eating papaya

S + be + used to + Ving/n
S + be not + used to + Ving/n
Be + S + used to + Ving/n?
NOTE: the structure can be used in Past, Present and Future forms
Grammar
 Jack is an archaeologist.
He travels a lot.
He doesn’t like fruits.
Jack is not used to eating fruits.
So he always carries his own food.
BUT
Next week he is travelling to the Jungle.
 get + used to + Ving / noun
THE PROCESS OF BECOMING NORMAL / HABIT
O’RGANIB QOLISH / ODATIY HOLATGA AYLANISH
ПРИВЫКАТЬ / СТАНОВИТЬСЯ НОРМОЙ

He is getting used to eating papaya

U papaya yiyishga o’rganib qolyapti / Он привыкает есть папайю

NOTE: the structure can be used in Past, Present and Future forms
 He has been to the Jungle for years.
Now he is at home eating papaya for breakfast.
He has got used to eating the fruit.
U meva yiyishga odatlandi / Он привык есть фрукты.
 Exercise 4. Complete the sentences with the words in italics.
1. I get used to doing / am used to doing / used to do exercise for an hour a day at the moment.
2. When I was a schoolboy, I would study / used to studying / am getting used to studying in the library where it
was nice and warm.
3. It’s best not to take the highway as it would be busy / used to be busy / is usually busy at this time.
4. Cooking is a new experience for me, but I used / I’m getting used / I use to it.
5. We used to love / would love / are used to loving hanging out with friends when we were younger.
6. I’m afraid my grandfather is not as fit and healthy as he was used to / used to be/ would be.
7. My siblings used to sitting / would sit / got used to sit with us at bedtime when we were little.
8. Malika was used to having / gets used to having / would have her own way, so it was a shock to her when she
didn’t.
9. Where did you get used to work / did you use to work / would you work before you moved to Tashkent?
10. Helen used to / didn’t use to / was used to study any languages, but she’s started learning French.