Used To Vs Be Used To

Used To
"Used to" in English fulfills the function that, in many languages, is covered by a whole tense! We use "used to" to express something which happened regularly in the past but doesn't happen anymore. A past routine, a past habit.
I used to drink three whiskeys a day ten She used to be a teacher, but now works as a lawyer. Questions The uestion form uses !use to!" Did you use to live in How many cigarettes did you use to smoke before you gave up? Negatives I didn t use to like eating salad, but She didn t use to study hard and so she failed all her e!ams every year. I love it now. this house, Tony? years ago, but then I stopped.
Used to usually comes after verbs such as be, get or become.

"fter a while you get used to the noise. She will become used to the smell. I was used to the web site.
#ou can also say that someone is used to doing something.

I ll never get used to getting up at si! o clock in the morning. It took me a while until I was used to driving on the right#hand side of the road
Look at these examples. the past She used to work in a shop. He used to watch a lot of TV. They used to be married. There used to be a cinema here. didn't use to !o swimmin!. the present Now she works in a bank. Now he doesn't watch much TV. Now they are divorced. Now there is a supermarket here. Now !o swimmin!.
Be used to
Be used to somethin! Be used to doin! Be used to is an expression. t is not a tense. f say " am used to Thailand"# it is like sayin! " am accustomed to Thailand."
Structure of Be used to
The structure is$
sub%ect & be & used to & ob%ect

subject main verb be am He 'e is aren't you not not used to used to used to used to used to object horses. horses. horses. horses)
+ -
(re
f the ob%ect invoves a verb# we use the -ing form$ am He 'e (re is aren't you not used to used to used to used to being lied to. working late. taking the bus. cooking)
'hy do we use -ing for a verb after be used to) *ecause we always use -ing for a verb after a preposition + and the to is a preposition.
Use of Be used to
The be used to expression is for talkin! about somethin! that is familiar to us or easy for us. ,or example$
am used to drivin! on the left.
t means that it is not a problem for me to drive on the left of the road. am -apanese. n -apan# people drive on the left. Now am livin! in the .S( where people drive on the ri!ht. /f course# drive on the ri!ht in the .S(# but when !o to -apan it is easy for me to drive on the left because " am used to it". Look at these examples.

am used to hard work. am used to workin! hard. He is not used to New 0ork. He isn't used to livin! in New 0ork. Are you used to fast food) Are you used to eatin! 1uickly)
Tenses
'e can use be used to in any tense. 'e %ust con%u!ate the verb be in the tense that we need. Look at these examples$

'hen we lived in *an!kok# we were used to hot weather. have been used to snakes for a lon! time. 0ou will soon be used to livin! alone.
. $or each sentence, choose a variety of $used to$, $be used to$ or $get used to$. %se the verb in the brac&ets to ma&e the sentence. '. European drivers find it difficult to +. ,ee that building there- . (drive) on the left when they visit *ritain. (go) to school there, but now it's a factory. (still not) how they do things
/. .'ve only been at this company a couple of months. . round here. 0. When . first arrived in this neighbourhood, . apartment buildings. 1. Wor&ing till '2pm isn't a problem. .
(live) in a house. . had always lived in
(finish) late. . did it in my last 3ob too.
4. . can't believe they are going to build an airport 3ust two miles from our new house! . will (never) all that noise! What a nightmare. 5. 6is father (smo&e) twenty cigars a day 7 now he doesn't smo&e at all! (never go) with them, but now . en3oy it.
8. Whenever all my friends went to discos, . 9. .
(drive) as . have had my driving licence almost a year now. (live) there very uic&ly. 6e's a very open
'2. When :ax went to live in .taly, he minded person.
. +. ;eople
(drin&) wine very much. . prefer beer. (use) public transport often in this city because it is good and cheap. (spea&) =erman.
/. ;eople in the north of ,wit<erland 0. :y an&le hurts! . 1. :y sister
(want) to continue playing tennis. (sleep) very well in the summer. ,he says it's always far too hot for her. (teach) English at a school near To&yo.
4. >enny lives in ?apan and he 5. Those apples 8. :y computer
(cost) much. . want ten, please. (wor&) properly. What is the problem with it-

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Used To

Used to usually comes after verbs such as be, get or become.

#ou can also say that someone is used to doing something.

sub%ect & be & used to & ob%ect

am used to drivin! on the left.

(live) in a house. . had always lived in

(finish) late. . did it in my last 3ob too.

8. Whenever all my friends went to discos, . 9. .

'2. When :ax went to live in .taly, he minded person.

/. ;eople in the north of ,wit<erland 0. :y an&le hurts! . 1. :y sister

4. >enny lives in ?apan and he 5. Those apples 8. :y computer

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