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Used To And Be Used To

May 24, 2018 - pdf

Fill in the blanks.

1. I am not used to ............................. late hours.

Correct! Wrong!

The to in be used to is a preposition. We use ing forms after prepositions.

2. He used to ............................. a lot.

Correct! Wrong!

We use an infinitive after used to.

3. I used to ………………………… pop music, but now I don’t.

Correct! Wrong!

We use an infinitive after used to.

4. When we were children, we used to ………………………… a lot of time playing hide and seek.

Correct! Wrong!

We use an infinitive after used to.

5. I …………………………… be afraid of spiders.

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We use used to to talk about things that happened at an earlier stage of our life.

6. You used not to eat meat, ………………………….?

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Used is not used in questions tags. Instead we use did.

7. When I was in Mumbai, I ………………………….. visit my grandparents every month.

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We use used to to talk about things that happened at an earlier stage of our life.

8. I ………………………… my grandparents twice last month.

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We do not use used to to simply say how many times something happened.

9. I ………………………………. a big car, but now I do.

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We use didn’t use to to talk about something we hadn’t done in the past.

10. I …………………………………… a big car so I was scared.

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If you aren’t used to doing something, it is not familiar to you.

11. It took me quite some time to get used to ………………………….. in a big city.

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We use an ing form after get used to.

12. Little by little, she …………………………….. her new family.

Please select 2 correct answers

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Answers

1. I am not used to working late hours.
2. He used to smoke a lot.
3. I used to hate pop music, but now I don’t.
4. When we were children, we used to spend a lot of time playing hide and seek.
5. I used to be afraid of spiders.
6. You used not to eat meat, did you?
7. When I was in Mumbai, I used to visit my grandparents every month.
8. I visited my grandparents twice last month.
9. I didn’t use to drive a big car, but now I do.
10. I wasn’t used to driving a big car so I was scared.
11. It took me quite some time to get used to living in a big city.
12. Little by little, she became used to / got used to her new family.

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