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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.
                                      I am used to hard work.
                * verb  :          I am used to living in a noisy street.
                                      I am used to working hard.

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

   ◊   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.
              - I wasn't used to the weather.  It took me some time to get used to it.
 


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