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On this occasion I will share information regarding Used to vs. Be used to, various exercises and relevant information on its use and performance.
Let's start ...
Used to shows:
- a particular thing
always happened or was true in the past.
- But it no longer
happens or is no longer true now:
Examples:
- David used
to live in Madrid.
- She used to exercise
every morning, but since she had that terrible accident she doesn't
exercise anymore.
- Why don't you come and
see me like you used to?
Forms of
used to.
Here are
the interrogative, affirmative and negative forms of used to:
Did you use
to exercise regularly?
Yes, I used
to go jogging nearly every day.
No, I
didn't use to exercise on a regular basis.
Use
of be used to
The be
used to expression is for talking about something that is familiarto
us or easy for us. For example:
- I am used to driving
on the left.
It means
that it is not a problem for me to drive on the left of the road. I am
Japanese. In Japan, people drive on the left. Now I am living in the USA where
people drive on the right. Of course, I drive on the right in the USA, but when
I go to Japan it is easy for me to drive on the left because "I am used to
it".
Look at these examples.
- I am used to hard
work.
- I am used to working
hard.
- He is not used to New
York.
- He isn't used to living
in New York.
- Are you used to fast
food?
- Are you used to eating
quickly?
Tenses
We can
use be used to in any tense. We just conjugate the
verb be in the tense that we need. Look at these
examples:
- When we lived in Bangkok,
we were used to hot weather.
- I have been used
to snakes for a long time.
- You will soon be used
to living alone.
The
structure of be used to is:
|
subject
|
+
|
main verb
be |
+
|
used to
|
+
|
object
|
Look at the
structure again with positive, negative and question sentences:
|
|
subject
|
main verb
be |
not
|
used to
|
object
|
|
+
|
I
|
am
|
|
used to
|
horses.
|
|
-
|
He
|
is
|
not
|
used to
|
children.
|
|
We
|
are
|
n't
|
used to
|
big cities.
|
|
|
?
|
Are
|
you
|
|
used to
|
her temper?
|
Thank you so much, Javier. I really liked all your blogs, they were very useful and understandable. For this topic we have being studying in class I know that be use to form needs an object after it. The used to form uses only present tense because it already shows past tense itself. I just have one question, what formula can I use when I want to use use to but for future actions or habits? Bye, thanks.
ResponderEliminarHello Javi!
ResponderEliminarI like reading your post because you explained the topic very easy, it also liked me, because the content that you share is very useful, I know that we were studied this in the grammar classe recently, but I didn't know the difference between Used to and Be used to, but now thanks to your post I learned that Used to shows,a particular thing always happened or was true in the past and Be used to: is an expression for talking about something that is familiar to us or easy for us. I reinforced my knowledge about Used to and Be used to, I just have a question can we use, Used to followed by the simple past form of the verb?
Thank you Javi!!