CẤU TRÚC USED TO, BE/GET USED TO
1. Cách dùng Be used to: Đã quen với
Be used to + cụm danh từ hoặc verb-ing (trong cấu trúc này, used là 1 tính từ và to là
1 giới từ).
Get used to + cụm danh từ hoặc verb-ing (trong cấu trúc này, used là 1 tính từ và to
là 1 giới từ)
- Eg: I am used to getting up early in the morning.(Tôi đã quen với việc dậy sớm vào buổi sáng).
- I am not used to the new system in the factory yet.
(Tôi vẫn chưa quen với hệ thống mới ở nhà máy).
- I got used to getting up early in the morning.(Tôi đã quen dần với việc dậy sớm buổi sáng.)
- After a while he didn’t mind the noise in the office, he got used to it.
(Sau một thời gian không để ý đến tiếng ồn trong văn phòng thì anh ta quen dần với nó.)
2. Cách dùng Used to: Đã từng, từng
Used to + verb chỉ một thói quen hay một tình trạng ở quá khứ. Nó thường chỉ được
sử dụng ở quá khứ đơn.
a) Thói quen trong quá khứ nhưng bạn không còn làm việc đó nữa.
Ex:
- We used to live there when I as a child.(Chúng tôi đã từng sống ở đó khi tôi còn là một đứa trẻ.)
b) Tình trạng/ trạng thái trong quá khứ: Used to còn thể hiện tình trạng trong quá khứ nhưng không còn tồn tại nữa được thể hiện bằng những động từ biểu hiện trạng thái sau: have, believe, know và like.
Ex:
- I used to like The Beatles but now I never listen to them.
(Tôi đã từng thích nhóm The Beatles nhưng bây giờ tôi không còn nghe nhạc của họ nữa.)
Dạng câu hỏi của Used to: Did(n’t) + subject + use to
Ex:
- Did he use to work in the office very late at night?
(Anh ta có thường hay làm việc trong văn phòng rất trễ vào buổi tối không?)
Dạng phủ định của Used to: Subject + didn’t + used to
Ex:
- We didn’t use to be vegestarians.
(Chúng tôi không từng những người ăn chay.)
CẤU TRÚC USED TO, BE/GET USED TO
Ex1: Choose the best answer to complete these following sentences.
1. Astronauts_____ in their spaceship, but they frequently work outside now.
A. were used to stay
B. used to stay
C. were staying
D. had used to stay
2. People _____ that the earth is round before.
A. were not used to believe
B. used to believing
C. would not use to believe
D. did not use to believe
3. Tuberculosis_____ incurable before.
A. use to be thought
B. used to be thought
C. used to think
D. use to think
4. Formerly babies_____ of whooping cough.
A. have died
B. used to die
C. would die
D. both B and C
5. These city girls are used_____ in the field.
A. to work
B. used to lie
C. would like
D. to working
6. Newton_____ scientific books when a boy.
A. used to read
B. has read
C. had read
D. had been reading
7. I am sorry I am not_____ fast.
A. used to drive
B. used to driving
C. use to drive
D. use to driving
8. Frank used to work in a small shop. He_____
A. doesn't any more
B. still does
C. is now
D. had never done anything else
9. Roy Trenton used to work in a small shop. He _____
A. is driving it
B. doesn’t drive it any more
C. likes it
D. didn’t like it
10. Roy Trenton use to drive a taxi. This means he_____
A. use to lie
B. used live
C. used to living
D. used to live
11. I_____ in Jakarta. I've lived here all my life.
A. am used to living
B. used to living
C. use to live
D. am used to live
12. Jane_____ for the telephone company, but now she has a job at the post office.
A. used to working
B. used to work
C. is used to working
D. am used to work
13. This work doesn’t bother me. I _____ hard. I've worked hard all my life.
A. used to working
B. used to work
C. am used to working
D. am used to work
14. Dick_____ a moustache, but he doesn't any more. He shaved it off because his wife didn't like it.
A. used to having
B. is used to having
C. was used to having
D. used to have
15. When I was a child, I _____ anyone 40 was old.
A. used to think
B. was used to thinking
C. used to thinking
D. was used to think
Ex2: For each sentence, choose a variety of "used to", "be used to" or "get used to". Use the verb in the brackets to make the sentence. Don't use any contractions.
1. European drivers find it difficult to _______________________ (drive) on the left when they visit Britain.
2. See that building there? I _______________________ (go) to school there, but now it's a factory.
3. I've only been at this company a couple of months. I _______________________ (still not) how they do things round here.
4. When I first arrived in this neighbourhood, I _______________________ (live) in a house. I had always lived in apartment buildings.
5. Working till 10pm isn't a problem. I _______________________ (finish) late. I did it in my last job too.
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