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Used to / Would /Be used to / G et used to. Şeyma Elif Akbaba. Bibliography. http://speakspeak.com/resources/english-grammar-rules/various-grammar-rules/be-used-to-get-used-to-used-to. http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-reference/used-infinitive-and-beget-used. - Used To -.
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Usedto/ Would/Be usedto/ Getusedto Şeyma Elif Akbaba Bibliography http://speakspeak.com/resources/english-grammar-rules/various-grammar-rules/be-used-to-get-used-to-used-to http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-reference/used-infinitive-and-beget-used
-UsedTo- • If you used to do something, you did it for a period of time in the past, but you don't do it any more. • We also say used to to express a state that existed in the past but doesn't exist now. States are not actions. They are expressed using stative verbs such as have, believe, know and like. USED TO + INFINITIVE Theyusedtotravel / travelled (nodifferencemeaning) a lot whentheywereyoung.(Theydon’tanymore)
Be usedto • If you are used to something, you have often done or experienced it, so it's not strange, new or difficult for you. • The opposite of be used to is be not used to. Be used to + noun phrase/verb-ing Theyareusedtothecold(present) Shewasn’tusedtoliving in thecountry.(past)
Getusedto • If you get used to something, you become accustomed to it. • It is the process of becoming used to something. Get used to + noun phrase or verb-ing I’m gettingusedtotheweather.(present) He didn’tlikeusingthecomputer at first but he gotusedto it(past) Shewillsoongetusedtowearingcontactlenses.(future)
WOULD • We can use ‘would’ to talk about repeated past actions. • Often either ‘would’ or ‘used to’ is possible. Both of these sentences are possible. • However, only ‘used to’ is possible when we talk about past states.
1. We can use ‘would’ to talk about repeated past actions. • Every Saturday I would go on a long bike ride. • My teachers would always say “Sit down and shut up!”
2. Often either ‘would’ or ‘used to’ is possible. Both of these sentences are possible. • Every Saturday, I would go on a long bike ride. • Every Saturday I used to go on a long bike ride.
3. However, only ‘used to’ is possible when we talk about past states. • We used to live in Kars when I was a child. • We would live in Kars when I was a child.
