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BE USED TO / GET USED TO

Before doing the following exercises revise grammar material – N. A. Bonk, Unit 15: p. 348.

1. What do you say in these situations? Use I’m (not) to …, used to.

e.g. You live alone. You don’t mind this. You have always lived alone.

Friend: Do you get a bit lonely sometimes?

You: No, I’m used to living alone.

1. You sleep on the floor. You don’t mind this. You have always slept on the floor.

Friend: Wouldn’t you prefer to sleep in a bed?

You: No, I ……… .

2. You have to work long hours in your job. This is not a problem for you. You have always worked long hours.

Friend: You have to work for a long hours in your job, don’t you?

You: Yes, but I don’t mind that. I …….. .

3. You usually go to bed early. Last night you went to bed very late (for you) and as a result you are very tired this morning.

Friend: You are very tired this morning.

You: Yes, ……… .

2. Read the situation and write a sentence with be/get used to.

e. g. Frank lives alone. He doesn’t mind this. He had always lived alone.

(he / used / live / alone) He is used to living alone.

1. Ron sleeps on the floor. He doesn’t mind this. He has always slept on the floor.

(he / used / sleep / on the floor) He …………………………………………………….

2. Sue moved from a big house to a much smaller one. What did she have to get used to?

(she had / used / live / in a smaller house) She had ……………………………………

3. Jack once went to the Middle East. It was too hot for him.

(he / not / used / the heat) ……………………………………………………………...

4. Bill doesn’t have any money. He doesn’t find this unusual because he has never had any money. (he / used / have / no money) ………………………………………...

5. Tom is going to live in your country. What will he have to get used to? (Write your own answer!) He’ll have to ……………………………………………………………

Choose the correct word.

e.g. He used to ……… (be / being) fat but now he's thin.

He used to be fat but now he’s thin.

2. He isn't used to ……… (work / working) in these bad conditions.

3. Did you ……… (use to / used to) write poems when you were young?

2. I need some time to get used to ………. (live / living) in this town.

3. Sting used to ……… (be / being) a teacher before he became a famous singer.

4. I'm not used to ……… (wash / washing) linen by hand.

5. She'll get used to ……… (live / living) in the extremely cold winter of Siberia.

6. My mother didn't ……… (use to / used to) drink much coffee. But now she has become addicted to it.

7. There used to ……… (be / being) a lot of trees in this court yard. They have all been cut down.

Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.

e.g. I am used to ……… (work) the night shift.

I am not used to work the night shift.

1. I used to ……… (work) on the night shift.

2. She had to get used to ……… (speak) in public.

3. She would get used to ……… (wear) contact lenses if she tried to.

4. They couldn’t get used to ……… (live) in a flat that’s why they moved to a small house in the country.

5. They used to ……… (commute) every day but now they walk to work .

6. We used to ……… (read) a lot of books at school.

7. I am not used to ……… (wear) make-up.

8. She used to ……… (bite) her nails.

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