How to use: Be used to ,Get used to, and Used to correctly. Be used to... Be used to + noun phrase or verb-ing (in this pattern used is an adjective and to is a preposition). Ex: I am used to getting up early in the morning. I dont mind it. He didnt complain about the noise nextdoor - he was used to it. If you are used to something, you have often done or experienced it, so its not strange, new or difficult for you. The opposite of be used to is be not used to. I am not used to the new system yet. Get used to... Get used to + noun phrase or verb-ing (in this pattern used is an adjective and to is a preposition). Ex: I got used to getting up early in the morning. After a while he didnt mind the noise in the office - he got used to it. *If you get used to something, you become accustomed to it. It is the process of becoming used to something. Used to... Used to + verb refers to a habit or state in the past. It is used only in the past simple. Past habits... You used to do something, you did it for a period of time in the past, but you dont do it any more. Ex: We used to live there when I was a child. I used to walk to work every day when I was younger. Past states... We also say used to to express a state that existed in the past but doesnt exist now. States are NOT actions. They are expressed using stative verbs such as have, believe, know and like. Ex: I used to like The Beatles but now I never listen to them. He used to have long hair but nowadays his hair is very short. The form of the question is: did(nt) + subject + use to be. The form of the negative is subject + didnt + use to be. Did(nt) he use to work in your office? We didnt use to be vegetarians.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 00:37:55 +0000
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