Hi I'm Arnel from Arnel's Everyday
English and today I have a new video for you. Used to, be used to, get used to. Grammatically these look very similar
but they're used in different ways. It's important to use them correctly. We're
going to look at these step by step and at the end of the lesson, I'm going to
compare all three, so you can clearly see the difference. Used to. Subject, used to
plus the bare infinitive. What's the bare infinitive? Eat, ate, eaten.
Eat is the bare infinitive. Play, played, played. That verb number one, play, is a
bare infinitive. We use a structure to speak about things you did in the past.
Now, in the present, you do not do these things. I have the past and the present. I
used to smoke. This tells you now now I don't. I used to have really really short
hair. Now, I don't. I used to have a lot of free time. Now, I do not. Used to is very
powerful. Everyone knows that what you did or had in the past is not true now.
Of course you can have any subject, not just I. Surgical gloves used to be very
cheap. Now, they are not, because of Corona - Corona Virus. In the negative, it's the
opposite. I didn't use to smoke, now I do. I didn't used to have really short
hair. Now, I do. I didn't used to have a lot of free time. Now, I have
loads of free time. Something's missing, the D! When we form the negative, the D
isn't there. I didn't used to smoke. I didn't used to have really short hair. I
didn't used to have a lot of free time. We remove the D. But, the pronunciation
used to, and use to, is the same. Yeah! Did you use to smoke? Did you use to have
really short hair? Did you use to have a lot of free time? In questions, again, remove
the D. Let's look at, be used to. Subject, be used to, now, or ing? This might look a
little bit confusing, but, you'll get it in no time. We use the structure to speak
about things we are accustomed to. Things we are comfortable with. Things that are
normal for us. But maybe not so normal for other people. Let's take a look. Imagine you live in New York and a
friend comes to visit you. At night you sleep like a baby. Your friend on the other hand...... In the morning, your friend: How on earth
do you sleep with all that noise? I couldn't sleep at all! Well, I'm used to
the noise, I don't even hear it. Here you can see the noise is normal for you, but
not your friend. You are accustomed to the noise. Teenagers are used to studying,
they study every day. They are better at studying than adults. Why? Because they
are accustomed to studying, it's normal for them, they are used to studying. Okay, here we have more examples. We can
see: Be used to plus i n g. I'm used to waking up early. Noun, I'm used to spicy
food. We're used to it, pronoun. I am used to being the tallest person in the room.
Again, another i n g form. Here, I have the present B forms. I have am, are, of course
is, is another form. We can also use was or were for things that were normal,
normal in the past. My family didn't have a lot of money when I was growing up. I
didn't have many toys. I was. I was used to finding ways to
entertain myself. That was normal for me in the past. In the negative we keep the D with this structure. I work in a kindergarten, it is so noisy,
I am NOT used to the noise. How are you feeling? Okay, good. We know
used to plus bare infinitive is something that we did or had in the past.
I used to be a professional swimmer. We know, be used to plus i n g, noun, or
pronoun, is something that's normal. It's normal for us. I am used to staying at
home because of the quarantine. This is normal for me now. But, this isn't
normal, it's it isn't normal! This didn't become normal for me like...
that! This situation had to become normal, it has to become normal,
I had to get comfortable. How do we describe this process? How do we get
comfortable? We're describing the process. Get comfortable, get comfortable, get used
to something. I started this job two months ago, I'm still getting used to
everything. There is so much for me to learn. Am I completely comfortable? No. Am
I slowly becoming comfortable? Yes. Am I getting used to everything? Right. I'm new to teaching online, I think it's
very difficult, I prefer teaching in a classroom. Don't
worry, you'll get used to teaching online. Is A completely comfortable? No. Is A
going to get comfortable with practice? Yes. Is A going to get used to teaching
online? Absolutely. My girlfriend wears this really powerful
perfume, I just can't get used to the smell. Am I completely comfortable? No. Am
I slowly becoming comfortable? Well in this example, no. But this person makes it
clear that they cannot get comfortable, they can't get used to the smell. If we look at the structure we can see
get used to, pronoun. Get used to, i n g form. Get used to, noun. So, remember at the
beginning of the lesson I said: and at the end of the lesson I'm going to
compare all three so you can clearly see the difference. Ok, we've looked at the
three structures. Now, it's time to compare them. hopefully you can really
see the difference! I used to use crutches. I am used to using
crutches. I'm getting used to using crutches.
I used to use crutches. I used them in the past. Now, I do not need them. I am used to
using crutches. Now it's normal for me. I've been using crutches for about two
months. I am getting used to using crutches, it's still a little bit
difficult, I've only been using them for two days. I need more practice. Okay, you
did an excellent job! Hopefully this video was useful. If you can, give me an
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