Usually-Used to-Be used to-Get used to

by isabel olmedo

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Usually Usually For present habits use: usually usually or normally normally + Present Simple • I usually get up at 8:00 on school days. I usually get up at 8:00 on school days. • I don´t usually go out during the week. I don´t usually go out during the week. • Do you usually walk to work? Do you usually walk to work?

Used to + infinitive Used to + infinitive We use used to‘ + infinitive used to‘ + infinitive for something that happened regularly in the happened regularly in the past but no longer happens past but no longer happens. • I used to smoke a packet a day but I stopped I used to smoke a packet a day but I stopped two years ago. two years ago. • I used to drive to work but now I take the bus. I used to drive to work but now I take the bus.

We also use it for something that was true but no longer is We also use it for something that was true but no longer is • There used to be a cinema in the There used to be a cinema in the town but now there isn t. town but now there isn t. • She used to have really long hair but She used to have really long hair but she s had it all cut off. she s had it all cut off. • I didn t use to like him but now I do. I didn t use to like him but now I do.

To be used to + -ing To be used to + -ing We use to be used to + -ing to be used to + -ing to say that something is normal, not unusual something is normal, not unusual. • I m used to living on my own. I ve done it for quite a long time. • Hans has lived in England for over a year so he is used to driving on the left now. • They ve always lived in hot countries so they aren t used to the cold weather here.

To get used to + ing To get used to + ing We use to get used to + ing to get used to + ing to talk about the he process of something becoming normal for us process of something becoming normal for us. • I didn t understand the accent when I first I didn t understand the accent when I first moved here but I quickly got used to it. moved here but I quickly got used to it. • She has started working nights and is still She has started working nights and is still getting used to sleeping during the day. getting used to sleeping during the day. • I have always lived in the country but now I m I have always lived in the country but now I m beginning to get used to living in the city. beginning to get used to living in the city.