USED TO / USE TO / BE USED TO / GET USED TO / WOULD DO - English Grammar Lesson (+ Free PDF & Quiz)

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Hello everyone, and welcome back to English with Lucy. I have a grammar video for you.
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This is very exciting. It's been a little while since I've last posted a grammar video,
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but this topic has been very highly requested.
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Today we are going to talk about used to, use to, how are they different? Would, to
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be used to, and to get use to. If you have any doubts about the use of these, then this
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lesson is for you, and of course I have a quiz. There will be a quiz at the end of this
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lesson for you to test your learning, so stay till the end.
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I have created a PDF for the lesson. All of my email list subscribers get the PDFs for
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Okay, let's talk about used to and use to. Firstly, let's focus on the pronunciation
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because I know this is very confusing for many students. Because, when we say used on
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its own, we use the Z sound and the D sound, used. But to say used to is quite a mouthful,
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so you will hear speakers of English saying use to, use to.
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That means that both used to and use to are pronounced in the same way in normal conversation,
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used to, use to. This makes it slightly easier for you in spoken English, but in written
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English, you do have to be careful. Let's focus on used to. We use used to to talk about
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past habits that we don't do in the present, or past states that are no longer true. Used
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to with the base form of a verb, also called the bare infinitive, but I'm going to call
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it the base verb here.
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I used to do yoga, but now I don't have time. I used to go to a language school, but I finished
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the course. I used to live in Seville, but now I live in England. I used to be a waitress,
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but now I'm a teacher. That's an example of a state. That's not talking about a habit,
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something like, I used to have short hair. That wasn't a habit, that was a state.
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That's using used with the D at the end, but you will see that people use use with no D
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at the end. This is a point of confusion for many of my students. In questions and negatives,
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we use use instead. I didn't use to like avocados, but now I love them. Did you use to work at
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the corner shop? He didn't use to care about his appearance, but now he takes pride in
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it. Did they use to go to the same school as us?
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It's worth noting that when you use never, you do use used with the D. He didn't use
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to care about his appearance. He never used to care about his appearance. We will do lots
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of testing of this in the quiz at the end, but now it's time to talk about would. When
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somebody is telling a story about the past, you might hear them use would, plus base verb.
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When I lived in Seville, we would eat lunch at 4:00 PM. When I was studying Spanish, I
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would watch Spanish TV shows.
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Now, you might think, "Huh, so it's the same as use to." Not exactly. We can't use would
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plus base verb to talk about past states, only past habits. An example, I would have
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short hair, does not mean the same thing as, I used to have short hair. Or, I would live
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in Seville, does not mean the same thing as, I used to live in Seville. So remember, would
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plus base verb is only appropriate for past habits or repeated actions.
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Let's move on to to be used to. When we want to talk about things that we are accustomed
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to or things that feel normal to us, we use to be, plus used to, plus verb-ing. An example,
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I'm used to running in cold weather, so I don't mind it. I'm accustomed to running in
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cold weather. It feels normal to me to run in cold weather. Another example, my fiance
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Will is used to working hard, so when we go on holiday, he becomes restless. Working hard
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is normal to him, it is what he is accustomed to.
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We can also use to be used to, plus noun or pronoun. I live in the countryside, so I am
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used to mud. For example, wet soil. He is very handsome, so he is used to compliments.
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He is accustomed to compliments. My sister is annoying, but I am used to her. Remember
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that here the verb to be can be put into any tense. When I started waitressing, I wasn't
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used to carrying trays of drinks. True story, I dropped so many trays of drinks. Soon I
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will be used to taking public transport, so it won't be so intimidating.
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Finally, we have to get used to, different to to be used to. Here you can think of to
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get as to become, to become used to. You form it in the same way as to be used to. We use
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to get used to, plus verb-ing. Or to get used to, plus noun or pronoun. We use it to talk
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about a change in what we are accustomed to. Again, this can be used in any tense. At first
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I didn't like stretching after running, but I got used to it.
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Or, I am getting used to public speaking. I am becoming accustomed to public speaking.
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Or, I hope I will get used to driving in London soon. True story, I have been driving for
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four years and I still am not used to driving in London. I need to do it more to become
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more accustomed to it. Okay. I hope this lesson clarified some of your doubts, but to make
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sure it's fully in your brain, I now have a quiz for you. It's a multiple choice quiz.
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You can write your answers in the comments section down below, or you can download the
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PDF and do it on there.
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Number one. When I started waitressing, I needed help with carrying trays, but now I
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... them by myself. When I started waitressing, I needed help with carrying trays, but now
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I am used to carrying them by myself.
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Number two. I ... every day, but now I don't have time. I used to read English every day,
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but now I don't have time.
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Number three. Don't worry, this grammar is easy. You ... it in no time. Don't worry,
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this grammar is easy. You will get used to it in no time.
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Number four, I was surprised to see her running. She ... when I knew her. I was surprised to
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see her running. She didn't use to run when I knew her.
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Number five. When I had to get the train to work, I ... very early. When I had to get
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the train to work, I used to get up very early.
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Number six. When I was younger, I ... to the shop with my grandma to buy sweets. When I
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was younger, I would go to the shops with my grandma to buy sweets.
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Number seven. Whenever we went to London, we always ... in the Grand Hotel. Whenever
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we went to London, we always used to stay in the Grand Hotel.
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Number eight. When you were a teenager, did you ... to rap music? When you were a teenager,
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did you use to listen to rap music?
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Number nine. She didn't ... about fashion, but now she spends a lot of money on clothes.
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She didn't use to care about fashion, but now she spends a lot of money on clothes.
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Number 10. I don't like revising for exams, but I ... it. I don't like revising for exams,
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but I am getting used to it.
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Right, that is it for the quiz. Show your results in the comment section down below.
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I really enjoyed making this grammar lesson for you. Thank you again to Seonaid from Perfect
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Don't forget to download the free PDF for this lesson. The quiz is there as well. We've
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got all of the explanations and examples. You can also connect with me on all of my
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