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• Used to: Solía “I used to live in Madrid, now I live in Malaga” “I didn’t use to drive a car” • To be used to+Ving: Estar acostumbrado “I’m used to walking 3 hours a day” • Get used to+Ving: Acostumbrarse a “You will get used to living in a big city”
1)Rewrite the following sentences using “used to” • a)When I was a teenager, I went to the discotheques regularly. • b)Alan worked in advertising before he became a photographer. • c)Was Peter a heavy drinker once? • d)As a child, I didn´t go to the beach at all. • e)We owned an expensive sports car years ago. • f)When I was young, we went to our cottage in the mountains every weekend.
TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES • 1. -Nosotros solíamos vivir en un pequeño pueblo de montaña. • 2. -Yo no solía salir porque no había ninguna discoteca allí. • 3. -De hecho, me acostumbré a vivir una vida tranquila en el campo. • 4. -Hace 3 meses, nos mudamos a Madrid. Ahora estoy intentando acostumbrarme a vivir en una gran ciudad. • 5. -Yo no estaba acostumbrado a escuchar tanto ruido. • 6. -Me acostumbré a usar el metro • 7. -Mis padres me dicen que pronto me acostumbraré a vivir en una gran ciudad.
Fill in the blanks with“be used to”/”get used to”/”used to”. • Before we moved to Madrid, we. . . . live in a small mountain village. At weekends I. . . . go out because there weren´t any discotheque or bars there. In fact, I. . . . living a quite life in the country. Three months ago , we moved to Madrid. Now I am trying. . . . . life in a big city. I. . . . so much noise and traffic, but slowly. . . . the bus system and the metro. One good thing is school; I. . . . school very quickly and I´ve made a lot of new friends there. My parents tell me that I. . . . . city life eventually and I will learn to enjoy it as much as they do.
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