[Music] hello everyone and welcome back to english with lucy i have a grammar video for you this is very exciting it's been a little while since i've last posted a grammar video but this topic has been very highly requested today we are going to talk about used to used to how are they different would to be used to and to get used to if you have any doubts about the use of these then this lesson is for you and of course i have a quiz there will be a quiz at the end of this lesson
for you to test your learning so stay till the end i have created a pdf for the lesson all of my email list subscribers get the pdfs for my lessons if you would like to receive the pdf for today's lesson click on the link in the description box enter your email address you sign up to my mailing list and it will be sent straight to your inbox i would also like to send out a special thank you to shona from perfect english grammar her website helped so much with this video it is the mother of
all grammar websites i've put the link in the description box check it out if you want to improve your grammar okay let's talk about used to and used to firstly let's focus on the pronunciation because i know this is very confusing for many students because when we say used on its own we use the z sound and the d sound used but to say used to is quite a mouthful so you will hear speakers of english saying used to used to that means that both used to and used to are pronounced in the same way
in normal conversation used to used to this makes it slightly easier for you in spoken english but in written english you do have to be careful let's focus on used to we use used to to talk about past habits that we don't do in the present or past states that are no longer true used to with the base form of a verb also called the bear infinitive but i'm going to call it the base verb here i used to do yoga but now i don't have time i used to go to a language school but
i finished the course i used to live in seville but now i live in england i used to be a waitress but now i'm a teacher and that's an example of a state that's not talking about a habit something like i used to have short hair that wasn't a habit that was a state so that's using used with the d at the end but you will see that people use use with no d at the end this is a point of confusion for many of my students in questions and negatives we use use instead i
didn't used to like avocados but now i love them did you used to work at the corner shop he didn't used to care about his appearance but now he takes pride in it did they used to go to the same school as us it's worth noting that when you use never you do use used with the d he didn't used to care about his appearance he never used to care about his appearance we will do lots of testing of this in the quiz at the end but now it's time to talk about would when somebody
is telling a story about the past you might hear them use would plus base verb when i lived in seville we would eat lunch at 4 pm when i was studying spanish i would watch spanish tv shows now you might think so it's the same as used to not exactly we can't use wood plus base verb to talk about past states only past habits an example i would have short hair does not mean the same thing as i used to have short hair or i would live in seville does not mean the same thing as
i used to live in seville so remember wood plus vase verb is only appropriate for past habits or repeated actions let's move on to to be used to when we want to talk about things that we are accustomed to or things that feel normal to us we use to be plus used to plus verb ing an example i'm used to running in cold weather so i don't mind it i'm accustomed to running in cold weather it feels normal to me to run in cold weather another example my fiance will is used to working hard so
when we go on holiday he becomes restless working hard is normal to him is what he is accustomed to we can also use to be used to plus noun or pronoun i live in the countryside so i am used to mud for example wet soil he is very handsome so he is used to compliments he is accustomed to compliments my sister is annoying but i'm used to her remember that here the verb to be can be put into any tense when i started waitressing i wasn't used to carrying trays of drinks true story i dropped
so many trays of drinks soon i will be used to taking public transport so it won't be so intimidating finally we have to get used to different to to be used to here you can think of to get as to become to become used to you form it in the same way as to be used to we use to get used to plus verb in or to get used to plus noun or pronoun we use it to talk about a change in what we are accustomed to again this can be used in any tense at
first i didn't like stretching after running but i got used to it or i am getting used to public speaking i am becoming accustomed to public speaking or i hope i'll get used to driving in london soon true story i have been driving for four years and i still am not used to driving in london i need to do it more to become more accustomed to it okay i hope this lesson clarified some of your doubts but to make sure it's fully in your brain i now have a quiz for you it's a multiple choice
quiz you can write your answers in the comments section down below or you can download the pdf and do it on there number one when i started waitressing i needed help with carrying trays but now i them by myself when i started waitressing i needed help with carrying trays but now i am used to carrying them by myself number two i every day but now i don't have time i used to read english every day but now i don't have time number three don't worry this grammar is easy you it in no time don't worry
this grammar is easy you will get used to it in no time number four i was surprised to see her running she when i knew her i was surprised to see her running she didn't used to run when i knew her number five when i had to get the train to work i very early when i had to get the train to work i used to get up very early number six when i was younger i to the shop with my grandma to buy sweets when i was younger i would go to the shops with
my grandma to buy sweets number seven whenever we went to london we always in the grand hotel whenever we went to london we always used to stay in the grand hotel number eight when you were a teenager did you to rap music when you're a teenager did you used to listen to rap music number nine she didn't about fashion but now she spends a lot of money on clothes she didn't used to care about fashion but now she spends a lot of money on clothes number ten i don't like revising for exams but i it
i don't like revising for exams but i am getting used to it right that is it for the quiz share your results in the comments section down below i've really enjoyed making this grammar lesson for you thank you again to shona from perfect english grammar her website is in the description box don't forget to download the free pdf for this lesson the quiz is there as well we've got all of the explanations and examples you can also connect with me on all of my social media i've got my facebook my instagram my new website englishwithlucy.co.uk
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