Used to всегда употребляется с инфинитивом глагола.
I used to see my family
Раньше я виделся со своей семьей
every day.
каждый день.
Used to используется для описания каких-то прошлых привычек или регулярных занятий, которые теперь уже не имеют места.
I used to live on a farm,
Раньше я жил на ферме,
but now I live in a big city,
а сейчас я живу в большом городе.
I used to ride a bike
Я, бывало, ездил на велосипеде
every day,
каждый день,
but now I have car.
а сейчас у меня есть машина.
I didn't use to like cheese,
Раньше я не любил сыр,
but I like it now.
а сейчас люблю.
Did you use to know a girl
Вы были знакомы с девушкой
called Katie?
по имени Кэти?
I used to,
Был, раньше,
but I don't know her anymore,
но мы больше не видимся.
Глагол to use
Это правильный глагол со значением «пользоваться, использовать что-либо».
I use toothpaste
Я пользуюсь зубной пастой
every day.
каждый день.
I used your product Я пользовался вашим продуктом
for a month,
втечение месяца,
but it didn't work.
но он мне не помог.
То miss something/
Этот оборот употребляется, когда вы хотите сказать, что вам чего-либо
somebody/
нехватает, недостает.
скучать по кому-то/
I like my new school,
Мне нравится моя новая школа,
but I miss my friends.
но я скучаю по своим друзьям.
I used to live in the countryside
Раньше я жил в сельской местности,
and I miss it.
и теперь я скучаю по ней.
I.Прослушайте упражнение целиком и повторите каждую фразу, подражая
произношению, ритму и темпу речи диктора.( диктором может выступить учитель)
I miss my family.
Now I live in a big city.
I used to see them every weekend.
I miss my friends.
Now I only see them once a year.
I used to see them every day.
I used to live on a farm.
Now I only contact them by e-mail.
II. Pronunciation Used and use.
Note: Обратите внимание, что в глаголе to use/used (пользовать- ся) произносится звонкий [z] — [ju:z]/used [ju:zd].
В обороте used to/раньше, бывало произносится глухой звук /s/ jju:s]/[ju:st].
Произнесите предложения. Обратите внимание на разное произношение глаголов!
I used to love football, but now I love basketball.
Did you use to work in the London Hilton?
I didn't use to like cricket, but now I really love it.
III. Use or used to? Complete the sentences with the right form of the verb.
I live in France.
He never his car. He always takes the bus.
He be a farmer.
A farmer a plough to prepare a field.
This part of town have fields until they built on them.
I use this product but now I use a different one.
IV. Complete the sentences with the right form. Used to, didn't use to or did you use to?
Excuse me, Susan Jones? Yes, but my married name is Martin.
I use a lot of salt in food, but I don't now.
I eat salad, but now I eat it all the time.
Is there a supermarket near here? There be, but one opened last month.
The house I was born in be here, but they pulled it down.
I smoke twenty cigarettes a day, but I stopped last year.
7 to work here?
8. No, I work here, but I used to come and visit a lot.
Запомните!
Get used to something/ To get used to употребляется с существительным, местоимением или глаголом привыкнуть в -ing-форме, чтобы описать процесс привыкания к чему-либо,к чему-либо
It was difficult to get used
Было сложно привыкнуть
to the food.
к еде.
It wasn't difficult
Было несложно
to get used to it.
привыкнуть к этому.
Was it difficult to get used
Было сложно привыкнуть
to living in America?
жить в Америке?
It wasn't easy
Было нелегко
to get used to the heat,
привыкнуть к такой жаре,
but I can take it now.
но сейчас я спокойно ее выношу.
I didn’t’t like the work,
Мне не нравилась эта работа,
but I have got used to it.
но я к ней уже привык.
After my mother's cooking
После той еды,
it was difficult
которую готовила моя мама,
to get used
было очень сложно
to eating English food.
привыкнуть к английской.
То be used to To be used to употребляется для того, чтобы сказать, что нечто вошло у вас в привычку.
I am used to getting up
Я привык вставать
early in the morning.
рано по утрам.
She is not used to going
У нее нет привычки ходить
out on a Monday evening,
куда-нибудь в понедельник вечером.
They are used to the snow.
Они привыкли к снегу.
Глагол to get
Этот многозначный глагол употребляется в различных контекстах и идио матических выражениях.
В следующих примерах глагол to get описывает изменение состояния.
I always get hungry
После футбольного матча
after a soccer match.
у меня всегда появляется аппетит.
She gets angry
Она злится (сердится),
if I don't call every week,
если я не звоню ей каждую неделю.
Не gets angry
Он начинает злиться,
if he gets home late.
если приходит домой поздно.
У глагола to get есть еще одно значение — «получить, достать».
I got a new job.
Я получил новую работу.
I went to get
Я пошла взять
some milk from the fridge, из холодильника молоко.
Форма Past Simple глагола to get - got.
Причастие прошедшего времени — тоже got.
I. Repeat
I got used to cricket. Now, I'm used to it.
I got used to the speed of life.
I'm used to driving on the left.
I had to get used to the food.
I'm used to driving slowly.
II. Pronunciation
I had to get used to watching cricket.
Did you get used to English food?
It was difficult to get used to watching cricket.
I didn't get used to English food.
But I got used to watching cricket.
I'm still not used to English food.
And now I'm used to it.
As a matter of fact, I prefer my mother's cooking
As a matter of fact, I prefer cricket to baseball.
to English cooking.
III.Practice
B 5 Two Americans are talking about life in Britain. Complete this conversation with the correct form of get used to and be used to.
A. What was the most difficult thing to 1... in Britain?
B.I just couldn't 2... the English accent. Even today I'm still 3... it.
A.For me it was really difficult to 4... the traffic.
B.Really? Why?
A.Well, in the US we're 5... driving on the right. I had to 6... driving on the left and I 7... driving
at 70 miles per hour. At home I 8... driving slower and measuring speed in kilometers not miles.
B.Yes, I had to 9... that too, but now I 10... it.
IV .Insert the right phrase in each sentence.
Use these words:
get angry- рассердиться
get on - входить (в автобус)
get better - выздоравливать
get off - выходить (из автобуса)
get more money - получать больше денег
get into - сесть (в машину)
get up - вставать
get out of - выйти (из машины)
get down - спускаться
I saw her the car and drive away.
I when they refused to serve me in the restaurant.
I changed my job. I working in the bank.
What time do you in the morning? ;
He his car and went into a shop.
6 from there at once. It's too high.
I had flu but I very quickly.
They the bus at the station and near their house.
V. Reading and writing
Read and choose the best answer.
Mary was born in a village in the North East of England in the 1920's. In those days there wasn't much to do if you were a girl. You could become a nurse, a teacher or a secretary. Mary became a teacher and she taught at the local school. She taught one class and she taught all the subjects. Mary enjoyed her life as a teacher but in the 1960's they closed her school and opened a big new school in the town. Mary had to get used to a lot of things. She had to get used to working in a big school, a thousand students and lots of teachers. She had to get used to teaching one subject, not lots of subjects. She had to get used to not being the boss. There was a school Head teacher and she told Mary what to do.
Now, Mary's used to all this. But one thing she never got used to. In her local school she was used to walking to school every day. When her local school closed she had to get used to travelling by bus or train to school. She never got used to that. Now Mary has retired and she coaches children at home. Once again she is teaching all the subjects. She's used to that.
1.In her local school Mary used to teach only English.
a) working in a big school.
teach all the subjects.
b) teaching one subject.
teach hundreds of students.
c) not being the boss.
be a secretary.
d) travelling a long way to school.
2.In her new school she had to get used to
3. She never got used to
4. Now she teaches the head teacher.
a) in the local school.
a big school.
b) English.
teaching hundreds of students.
c) all the subjects.
having fewer students.
d) in the big town.
Think about changes in your town or village. Write about what you used to do, what you had to get used to, what you are used to and haven't got used to. Answer the questions.
What did life use to be like? 4. Was it difficult for you to get used to the changes?
What did people use to do? 5. Are you used to the changes now?
What has changed?
Self test
Complete the sentences. Choose the best answer.
I (used to/am used to) live in London.
I (am used to/used to) drive on the left.
It was difficult to (used to/get used to) English food.
I (miss/am miss) my friends.
I (am used to/used) your product but I don't do it now.
Did you (use to/use) live in this street?
I didn't (use to/use) smoke.
I saw him (get into/go in) the car.