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TO BE USED TO


   
To be used to +   noun      
     To be used to +  -ing          
 

                 Affirmative                                      Negative                                           Interrogative
           I am used to driving                      I am not used to driving                         Are you used to driving?
 

     
          ◊  To be used to something means to be accustomed to something

          ◊  To get used to something means to become accustomed to something.

          ◊  'Used to' is followed either by a noun or by a verb ending in -ing.
                 * noun :          I am used to noise.
                 * verb  :          I am used to living in a noisy street.

          ◊  'Used to' refers to something that was strange before, and has become familiar.

          ◊   It is used with the verbs BE and GET in all tenses:  past, present, future & conditional

                    - Now that I live in France, I am used to driving on the right.
                    - Since I moved to the city,  I have got used to noise.
                    - Before I came to France, I wasn't used to drinking wine.
                    - This computer is new.  I'm not used to it.  I will get used to it soon.

 

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