Used to, be/get used to

Used to, be/get used to

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USED TO + INFINITIVE

PAST habits or situations that happened repeadly in the PAST, but NO LONGER exist.

Question form: Did you use to live in Paris?

Negative form: I didn't use to drink coffee at breakfast, but now I always have coffee in the morning.

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Change the sentences so as to express past habits or states which are now finished.

1. Paul lived in Brazil when he was young.

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When he was in the army, he woke up at 5 o'clock in the morning.

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I had long hair when I was young.

BE USED TO + -ing/Noun

To talk about situations which are familiar to or normal for someone and which they therefore DO NOT find strange or difficult.

- I'm used to getting up early so I don't find it difficult.

GET USED TO + -ing/Noun

To talk about situations becoming faniliar or normal after at first being strange or difficult.

- In Japan Maddy got used to eating different kinds of food.

Multiple Choice

I'm not used to ____ up this early.

• get

• getting

Multiple Choice

I used to ____ a lot.

• read

• reading

Multiple Choice

You'll have to get used to ____ on the right when you live there.

• drive

• driving

Multiple Choice

I didn't use to ____ it, but I do now.

• like

• liking

Multiple Choice

I found it hard to get used to ____ in such a hot country.

• live

• living

Multiple Choice

Where did you use to ____ when you visited?

• stay

• staying

Multiple Choice

It took me a while to get used to ____ the language.

• speak

• speaking

Multiple Choice

I used to ____ hard when I was a student.

• work

• working

Multiple Choice

Have you got used to ____ it yet?

• do

• doing

Multiple Choice

I'm not used to ____ so much tea.

• drink

• drinking

Multiple Choice

I didn't use to ____ it, but I do now.

• like

• liking