Grammar 1. To get used to 'To get used to' is used to express that something not normal or regular but it´s in process of being   Examples   # Example 1 I´m getting used to the cold winter in the Northern hemisphere 2 You´re getting used to driving every day since you no longer catch the bus 3 He has to get used to our traditions since he´s gonna live here forever 4 She´s gotta get used to our food because here we don´t eat hamburgers, fries and pizzas every day 5 It´s starting to get used to the other pets. I´m sure they can get along well 6 We have to get used to the English language since it´s a global language and we need to know it 7 You´ve gotta get used to us because we´re not going anywhere but here 8 They got used to the sunny and warm days in northeast Brazilian states   2. To be used to 'To be used to' is used to express that something is common at the present moment   Examples   # Verb Example 1 To Drink I´m used to drinking water every morning right after waking up, that´s why I´m healthy 2 To Have You´re used to having breakfast every day before you leave home, that´s why you´re never hungry in the morning 3 To Read He´s used to reading magazines during his lunch time, that´s why he´s so updated 4 To Run She´s used to running 5 miles a day, that´s why she´s so athletic 5 To Bark It´s used to barking whenever it sees a dog outside; that´s why it´s always hoarse 6 To Sleep We´re not used to sleeping much, that´s why we´re always sleepy 7 To Work You´re used to working hard, that´s why you´re so successful 8 To Wake up They´re not used to waking up early, that´s why they don´t get a job   3. Used to 'Used to' is an expression used to show contemporary facts in the past that no longer happen at the present moment   Examples   # Verb Example 1 To Play When I was a child, I used to play the video game but now I don´t play anymore 2 To Cook You used to cook everyday but now you order food from the restaurant 3 To Watch He used to watch TV before sleeping but now he doesn´t do it anymore 4 To Do She used to do the laundry every Sunday but now that she´s rich, she´s got a maid 5 To Be It used to be so difficult to have access to information but now that there is internet, everything´s much easier 6 To Go We used to go to the park every weekend but now we don´t go anymore 7 To Arrive You used to arrive late at work but since your boss threatened to fire you, you´ve arrived on time 8 To Celebrate They used to celebrate their wedding anniversaries every year but now that she´s gone, they no longer do it   Practice   1. Write 8 Affirmative phrases with 'to get used to'. After writing them, turn them Interrogative and Negative   To get used to       1 I _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 You _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 He _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4 She _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 It _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 We _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7 You _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8 They _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________   2. Write one Affirmative phrase for each verb below using 'used to'. After writing it, turn it Interrogative and Negative.   2.1 To be used to   1 To Believe _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 To Laugh _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 To Listen _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4 To Love _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________       2.2 Used to _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 To Be _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 To Feel _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7 To Hear _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8 To Read _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________     _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________   Globalized English School English in English   2009 - 2010 Globalized English School  - All rights reserved