Topic: used to / be used to / get used to

 Used to followed by an infinitive

 Be used to followed by a gerund
 Get used to followed by a gerund

1.-Join the sentence in column A with the sentence that has the same meaning in column

A B
1-I played football.
2-She was a nurse.
3.-They usually wore formal clothes.
4.-It is easy for me to swim long distances.
5.-It is not easy for her to speak to strangers.
6.-Working for her is not easy but I will try.
7.-I can´t stand so much tea.
9.-She trains on Saturdays
10.-I didn´t like to wear a uniform but I had to.
a.- She is not used to speaking to strangers.
b.-I am used to swimming long distances.
c.- She is used to training on Saturdays.
d.-I used to play football.
f.-I had to get used to wearing a uniform.
g.-I will get used to working for her.
h-They used to wear formal clothes.
i.- She used to be a nurse.
j.-I can´t get used to drinking so much tea.

2. Fill in the blanks with the correct tense of the verbs in brackets

a. There didn’t use to___________ (be) computers in the nineteenth century.

b. I am used to___________ (work) on the night shift.

c. I used to___________ (work) on the night shift.

d. She had to get used to___________ (speak) in public

e. She would get used to___________ (wear) contact lenses if she tried to.

f. They couldn´t get used to___________ (live) in a flat that´s why they moved to a small house in
the country.

g. They used to ___________ (commute) every day but now they walk to work.

h. We used to ___________ (read)a lot of books at school.

i. I am not used to___________ (wear) make-up.

j. She used to___________ (bite) her nails.

3. Complete the gaps using the correct form of the verbs in brackets used to, be used to and get
used to).
a. After the holidays it takes me a week __________(get) up early again.

b. I _______ (play) football when I was young. I'm too old and fat to play now.

c. At first it was difficult for her to speak in French all the time but she _________(do) it now.

d. I've been getting up early every day for years but I ________(do) to it.

e. The queue in the baker's ___________ (be) so bad but now it's terrible. It must be that new

chapata bread they bake. It's delicious.

f. People ________(use) Internet yet but in a few years time everybody will be surfing around

like crazy.

g. If you go to live in Britain, you __________ (drive) on the left.

h. Juan was in London for a year. He liked England but he ______________(eat) the insipid

food and the disgusting coffee and of course, the miserable weather.

i. I ____________(drink )milk every day.

j. She _______________(live) in a small village.

k. When I was a child, I (not/eat) chocolate but now I eat a lot.

l. You must get used to_______________ (learn) English for long hours.

m. I_______________ (learn) English every day.

n. I _______________(cook) for myself.

o. Her son _______________ (watch) television for five hours a day.

p. I _______________ (eat) a big chocolate cake a day but I stopped three years ago.

q. I _______________ (drink) a cup of coffee in the morning.

r. Peter _______________ (have) a bike, now he has a car.