Frequentative

FREQUENTATIVE
STRUCTURES WITH IMPERSONAL PRONOUN IT
USE – USED TO – BE USED TO
1. S (person) + USE + O (thing) + TO-Infi sử dụng
2. S (thing) + BE USED + TO-Infi  được sử dụng để
3. S + USED TO + V (-to)  trước kia đã từng / thường
4. S (person) + BE USED TO + N / V-ing  quen với
STRUCTURES WITH IMPERSONAL PRONOUN IT
1.

IT (formal S) + TAKE + O + TIME + TO-Infi
2. IT (formal S) + BE + ADJ / N (+ OF / FOR + O) +TO-Infi
3. S + V + IT (extra O) + ADJ / N + TO-Infi
Exercise 1 – Choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D
1. I …… in Paris, but now I live in London.
A. used to live
B. are used to living
C. get used to living
D. live
2. I …… in Paris. I have lived here all my life.
A. used to live
B. am used to living
C. get used to living
D. live
3. She …… her unmarried name for professional purposes.
A. used B. is used
C. is used to
D. gets used to
4. She lives on a farm, so she …… up very early.
A. gets
B. used to get

C. is used to getting
D. would get
5. I don’t think I could …… in the States although it is a great place to visit.
A. be used to living
B. used to live
C. get used to living
D. live
6. Living so far north, they …… the very cold weather.
A. used be
B. get used to C. are used to D. would be
7. A hammer …… driving in nails.
A. is used for B. is used to
C. gets used to D. used
8. Life here is much easier than it ……
A. gets used to be
B. is used to be
C. would be
D. used to be
9. He …… a smartest in his class, so this new school may be a shock to him.
A. used to be
B. gets used to being
C. is used to being
D. would be
10. American women …… going places by themselves.
A. are used to
B. are accustomed to
C. Both are right
D. Both are wrong
11. I’m not …… on my own.
A. used to live

B. used to have lived
C. used to living
D. used to be living
12. She’s not …… laughed at.


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A. used to be
B. used to being
C. used to have been
D. used to be being
I …… my photograph taken.
A. am used to having
B. am used to have
C. used to having
D. am used to be living
I’m quite …… hard.
A. used to work
B. used to working
C. used to have worked D. used to be working
When my grandfather was young, he was …… long distances, but now he’s out of practice.
A. used to walking

B. used to walk
C. used to be walking
D. used to have walked
We …… up early.
A. are used to get
B. used to getting
C. are used to getting
D. are used to have got
They …… up late to watch live sports programmes on T.V.
A. are used to stay
B. are used to staying
C. are used to have stayed
D. used to staying
We …… for long hours.
A. are used to studying
B. are used to study
C. are used to have studied
D. used to studying
I’m not …… studying late at night.
A. am used to B. used to
C. use to
D used for
My grandparents …… in the countryside.
A. are used to live
B. used to living
C. are used to living
D. are used to have lived

Exercise 2 – Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as
the original sentences.

1. Getting into work this morning was a big difficulty.
- It
2. It’s extremely difficult for us to make ends meet these days.
- We find
3. The flight to Moscow lasted three and a half hours.
- It
4. We won’t get to the airport in less than 30 minutes.
- It will take
5. He spent a whole day repairing the radio.
- It
6. Doing all this work is hard.
- I find
7. Speaking English fluently is not easy.
- It
8. He feels that telling her the truth is necessary.
- He feels it
9. She wrote the letter in thirty minutes.
- It
10. To become an English teacher, he has studied hard for four years.
- It took
11. He thinks that telling the truth about himself is really necessary.
- He finds it
12. Is it easy to answer this question ?
- Do you find