Used To, Be Used To, Get Used To - Test-English
Used To, Be Used To, Get Used To - Test-English
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Exercises: 1 2 3
Choose used to, be used to, get used to to complete each sentence.
1 At first I was really nervous about driving in Vancouver, but now I have got used to
it.
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2 I don't think I'll ever get used to driving on the left. It’s so strange!
3 A: Samantha works very hard. B: Well, she is used to working hard. She grew up
in a very poor family.
➪ If you are used to something it means that you are accustomed to something; you
have done something for some time and now it's not strange or difficult for you.
➪ In this sentence, Samantha is accustomed to working hard, because she has had to
do it for a long time.
➪ If you are used to something it means that you are accustomed to something; you
have done something for some time and now it’s not strange or difficult for you.
➪ In this sentence, Lee is not accustomed to speaking English in the office because he
has never done it.
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5 The smell of fish is awful, but you'll get used to it after a couple of months on
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the job.
6 There are some things in this life that you'll never get used to .
7 I’ve just bought an Apple computer, and I think it will take me some time to
get used to the new operating system.
8 When I was a teenager I used to dress up for Halloween, but not anymore.
➪ We can use used to + infinitive to talk about things that we did repeatedly in the
past.
➪ Dressing up for Halloween is something that I did every Halloween in the past.
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9 Two years ago, the students used to have four hours a week of language
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tutorials, but now they have five hours.
➪ We can use used to + infinitive to talk about situations or states (stative verbs) which
were true in the past, but they are no longer true.
➪ After be/get used to we need an -ing verb, not an infinitive.
➪ The students had four hours a week, but not any more; now they have five.
10 After nine years in Africa, I can say that now I am used to living in this hot
weather. I don’t mind anymore.
➪ If you are used to something it means that you are accustomed to something; you
have done something for some time and now it’s not strange or difficult for you.
➪ In this sentence, living in this hot weather is not strange or difficult for me any more
because I've done it for a long time.
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