Fill in the blanks.
1I am not used to ............... late hours.
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After "be used to", use a gerund, so "working" is correct.
2He used to ............... a lot.
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After "used to" for a past habit, use the base verb, so "smoke" is correct.
3I used to ............... pop music, but now I don’t.
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After "used to" for a past state, use the base verb, so "hate" is correct.
4When we were children, we used to ............... a lot of time playing hide and seek.
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After "used to" for repeated past actions, use the base verb, so "spend" is correct.
5I ............... be afraid of spiders.
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Use "used to" before a base verb to describe a past state that is no longer true.
6You used not to eat meat, ...............?
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After the negative idea in "used not to", the positive question tag "did you" is correct.
7When I was in Mumbai, I ............... visit my grandparents every month.
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Use "used to" before a base verb for a repeated past action.
8I ............... my grandparents twice last month.
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With the definite time expression "last month", "visited" describes a specific completed action.
9I ............... a big car, but now I do.
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Use "didn't use to drive" to say that driving a big car was not a past habit.
10I ............... a big car, so I was scared.
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Use "wasn't used to driving" to say that driving a big car felt unfamiliar.
11It took me quite some time to get used to ............... in a big city.
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After "get used to", use a gerund, so "living" is correct.
12Little by little, she ............... her new family.
Select 2 answers.
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"Became used to" and "got used to" both mean that something gradually became familiar.
Answers
- I am not used to working late hours.
- He used to smoke a lot.
- I used to hate pop music, but now I don’t.
- When we were children, we used to spend a lot of time playing hide and seek.
- I used to be afraid of spiders.
- You used not to eat meat, did you?
- When I was in Mumbai, I used to visit my grandparents every month.
- I visited my grandparents twice last month.
- I didn’t use to drive a big car, but now I do.
- I wasn’t used to driving a big car, so I was scared.
- It took me quite some time to get used to living in a big city.
- Little by little, she became used to / got used to her new family.