3. Complete with be used to and get used to with the correct tense.

1) Everybody drinks tea here but I can’t ____GET USED TO______it.

2) The noise in this neighbourhood is terrible but I_____AM USED TO______ it now.
3) The birds eventually _______GET USED TO______ the traffic and live happily by the motorway.
4) I ___AM GETTING USED TO________ going to bed late - everybody does in Spain.
5) Are you ____GETTING USED TO_____the new job? Do you like it?
6) One never _______GETS USED TO_____driving on the left. I hate it!
7) Adapting to city life is hard but I’m slowly ___GETTING USED TO_____ it.
8) John _____IS USED TO____ the cold. He's from Finland.
9) People who live in the jungle find it difficult to____GET USED TO____ the modern way of life.
10) She comes from a very wealthy family. She ______IS USED TO_____ the good things in life.

4. Fill in the gaps with used to or would. Use would when possible.
When I was young we ____used to/would live______ (live) in a small village called cabeza del Buey.
On summer mornings we ____used to/would have breakfast_____ (have breakfast) and then go
quietly out of the house to play with our friends. I ______used to/would go_____ (go) fishing because
I loved it. We ___used to/would spend_____ (spend) hours fishing in a small boat belonging to my
grandmother. My brother ______used to know____ (know) the names of all the different types of
fish that were in the river. Sometimes we would often fall asleep in the boat and our father
________used to/would come______ (come) to find us, but he ____didn’t use to/wouldn’t get angry___
(not get) angry because he had done the same when he was a kid. I ___used to be____ (be) a really
sporty person! But now things have changed and I am not keen on doing exercise. When I was at
school, I _____used to/would run_____(run) for an hour every morning before breakfast and at
weekends I ____used to/would go______(go) trekking through the woods. It was great fun! At that
time I ______used to like____(like) to spend at least two hours playing tennis every day and now I
spend the whole day lying on the couch and channel surfing.

5. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the phrasal verbs. Use each one twice.

take after take back take off take over take up

a. Her business ___took off____ when she started working with a multi-national company.
b. I ____took up__ smoking when I was at school.
c. She ___takes after___ her grandmother because they really like cooking.
d. Sorry, I didn’t mean what I said – I _take__ it __back___.
e. Can you __take over__ the cooking while I walk the dog?
f. Schools are __taking up___ the offer of reducing study time.
g. ___Take back___ what you said about Jeremy!
h. Her singing career had just begun to ___take off___.
i. Jason Lamb has ___taken over__ responsibility for this project.
j. I hope the children don't ____take after___ their grandfather.