Unit 7 All the same

Unit 7 All the same?

Be used to and Get used to

Learning Goal:

• Identify and compare the use of "Be used to" and "Get used to"

The structure:

The grammatical point of  be used to and get used to are used to talk about being accustomed to something or getting accustomed to something. Get used to talks about the process. Be used to talks about the result / the state.

Example:

When Giovanni moved to London from Italy it took him long to get used to the cold. For Ivan, who moved from Moscow to London, the cold was not a problem because he was used to it.

Usages:

Be/Get used to can be used with a noun:

He was used to the cold.

He got used to the cold.

Be/Get used to can be used with the –ing form:

I am used to driving in the rain.

I’m getting used to driving in the rain.

Used to is either followed by a noun or a verb in –ing form:

Tom is used to hard work. /Tom is used to working hard.

Peter is used to noisy cities. / Peter is used to living in noisy cities.

Pay attention to this...

Be used to and Get used to can be followed by

-Noun phrase

-Noun

-verb +ing form

Get used to

means that in the beginning a situation was strange or unusual but is not any more or will soon stop being strange or unusual because of a passage in time.

When David moved to Japan it took him a while to get used to the food.

be/get used to is used in all tenses:

Now that I have been living in Egypt for ten years I am used to the heat.

Since I moved to the city, I have got used to the noise.

When I first moved to Italy I wasn’t used to eating so much pasta.

I don't think I will ever get used to waking up early.

Let's practice a bit!

Answer the following questions.

Multiple Choice

1. Tom drove everywhere. He is going to need time to _ walking.

• get used to

• be used to

Multiple Choice

2. I _ using my phone to listen to music yet.

• am used to

• am not used to

Multiple Choice

3. David is extremely stressed. He hasn’t _ working so hard.

• got used to

• used to

Multiple Choice

4. I work shifts in my new job. I have to _ that.

• be used to

• get used to

Multiple Choice

5. Sarah thought she would never _ New York.

• be used to

• get used to

Multiple Choice

6. This winter isn’t so bad. We _ much colder weather.

• are used to

• get used to

Each one of these phrases...

have a mistake.

Multiple Choice

1. I got use to spicy food when I was working with Bangladeshi colleagues.

• got used to

• was use to

Multiple Choice

2. I am getting used to travel by metro every day.

• travel

• traveling

Multiple Choice

3.I can't get used driving on the right.

• to driving

• to drive

Multiple Choice

4. I used to going to bed late.

• I am used to

• I get used to

Multiple Choice

5. I am used working long hours.

• to working

• to work

Now, let's go to the book...

Good Job!