Complete the sentences with (not) be used to, (not) get used to or used to/didn’t use to.
1. When I started living in the forest I gradually got used to the complete silence at night and birds singing at dawn.
2. My granny … make up fairy tales for me when I was a little girl.
3. Be careful! The dog … being touched by strangers.
4. Farmers in this area … buy chemical fertilisers until the 1970s.
5. Don’t worry! You will slowly … our working hours and even if you … getting up so early, you’ll soon find finishing work early a great advantage.
6. Travelling … be much slower and less comfortable in the old days.
7. We have never been to Africa before and I … the hot and humid climate at all.
8. When you start a new job, it can take some time to … the different routine.
Match the verbs with the verb patterns given.
agree, admit, avoid, consider, finish, decide, enjoy, imagine, manage, offer, not mind, plan, promise, put off, refuse, want, would like
Agree;
to do something
Admit;
doing something
- 3. Be careful! The dogisn’t used to being touched by strangers.
- 1. When I started living in the forest I gradually got used to the complete silence at night and birds singing at dawn.
Doing something: admit, avoid, consider, finish, enjoy, imagine, not mind, put off.
you’ll soon find finishing work early a great advantage.
4. Farmers in this area used to buy chemical fertilisers until the 1970s.
5. Don’t worry! You
8. When you start a new job, it can take some time to get used to the different routine.
6. Travelling used to be much slower and less comfortable in the old days.
7. We have never been to Africa before and I am not used to the hot and humid climate at all. will slowlyget used to our working hours and even if you aren’t used to getting up so early,
To do something:
agree, decide, manage, offer, plan, promise, refuse, want, would like.
2. My granny used to make up fairy tales for me when I was a little girl.