Used to / Would / Be used to / Get used to

Used to / Would / Be used to / Get used to

​How to use

​Used to and would are used to talk about past habits

​Both express that the action was repeted frequently in the past, but not now . The action stopped being a habit at some point in the past.

Both are followed by a pure infinitive

• I used to ride my bike to school

• I would read for hours before going to bed

• I used to think very poorly of grown-ups

​NOTE: would can only be used with active verbs, not states

​Get used to reflects the process of becoming familiar with an action or situation

We use get used to when we want to emphasize that a situation may require some effort for the speaker to adjust to it.

Get used to can appear in any tense, depending of whether the familirizing process is happening now, happened in the past, or will happen in the future.

Get used to is always followed by either a noun or an -ing verb.

• I got used to the home office style of working very easily.

• I am still getting used to having classes every week.

• I think I'll get used to my new job in a couple of month.

​Be use to expresses that a situation is already familiar to you.

We use this to express that the process of becoming familiar with something is over and we already mastered that action or situation.

It can also appear in any tense, according to the situation, but it's most common in present simple and past simple.

Be used to is always followed by either a noun or an -ing verb.

• I am already used to taking on-line classes.

• I thought she was used to our work dynamic, but maybe I was wrong.

• He was used to working alone, so he had to learn to work as a team for his new position.

Multiple Choice

My boyfriend is Spanish, so he ___________ dinner early.

• doesn't use to have

• isn't used to having

• gets used to have

• used to have

Multiple Choice

Antonia __________ so thin. She's lost a lot of weight.

• wouldn't be

• is getting used to

• isn't used to be

• didn't use to be

Multiple Choice

In your previous job, ____________ uniform?

• did you get used to wear

• were you used to wearing

• did you use to wear

• did you used to wear

Multiple Choice

When I was younger, I ___________ very long hours.

• was used to work

• would work

• used to working

• working

Multiple Choice

Helen has just been promoted to Team Leader so she __________ a boss.

• is used to being

• would be

• used to be

• is getting used to being

Multiple Choice

Although I've lived in Spain for years, I can't ______________ dinner at 10pm.

• be used to having

• get used to having

• use to have

• would have

Multiple Choice

Before the pandemic, I _________ from home.

• didn't use to work

• didn't used to work

• got used to work

• am used to working

Multiple Choice

Daniel is a doctor, so he ____________ with stressful situations.

• would deal

• used to deal

• is used to dealing

• gets used to dealing

Multiple Choice

Our company headquarters ___________ in Valencia.

• were used to being

• usually were

• used to be

• would be

Multiple Choice

No matter how many times I travel to LA, I can never ___________ the time difference.

• used to

• be used to

• use to

• get used to