Be/get used to Exercises

UNIT 59   Be/get used to something Exercises

59.1   Read these situations and write three sentences with used to, as in the example.

Example: Jane is American. She went to Britain and found driving on the left difficult.

a) At first she wasn't used to driving on the left.
b) But soon she got used to driving the left.
c) Now she has no problems. She is used to driving on the left.


1.   Juan came to the United States from Spain. In Spain he always had dinner late in the evening. But in the United States dinner was at 6:00. Juan found this strange at first.

a) At first he wasn't___________________________________________________
b) But after some time he got__________________________________________________
c) Now he finds it normal. He_________________________________________________________

2.   Diana is a nurse. She started working nights two years ago. At first she found it strange and didn't like it

a) At first she___________________________________________________
b) But after a while______________________________________________________
c) Now she doesn't mind it at all.______________________________________________________


59.2   Read these situations and write a sentence with be/get used to.                   

1.   Ron sleeps on the floor. He doesn't mind this. He has always slept on the floor
(he/used/sleep/on the floor) He________________________________________________________________________

2.   Sue moved from a big house to a much smaller one. What did she have to get used to?
(she had/used/live in a smaller house) She had___________________________________________________________

3.   Jack once went to the Middle East. It was too hot for him (he/not/used/the heat)
___________________________________________________________________________________

4.   Bill doesn't have any money. He doesn't find this unusual because he has never had any money. (he/used/have/no money)_______________________________________________________________________________

5.   Amy is going to live in your country. What will she have to get used to?
She'll have to_________________________________________________________________________________


59.3   Put the verb into the correct form -ing or infinitive (I am used to doing or I used to do).

Examples: Jane had to get used to driving on the left. (drive)
Bill used to be in good shape. Now he's in terrible shape. (be)

1.   When I was a child, I used to_______________swimming every day. (go)

2.   It took me a long time to get used to________________contact lenses. (wear)
 
3.   There used to________________a cafe on this corner, but it was torn down. (be

4.   I'm the boss. I'm not used to_______________told what to do. (be)

5.   You'll have to get used to_________________less if you want to lose weight. (eat)

6.   I used to_____________Ann, but now she gets on my nerves. (like)
 
7.   Ron got tired very quickly. He wasn't used to_____________so fast. (run)

8.   Tom used to_________________to a lot of parties when he was a student. (go)