Bài tập: Used to & get used to

USED TO & GET USED TO
- Used to + V(bare)
- Be/ get used to + V_ing/ Noun phrase.
* Chú ý:
- be: ( am,is,are,was,were); get: (get,got)
- be used to: dần quen với ; get used to: quen dần với
Ex.1: Choose the best answer to complete these following sentences:
1. When I was at primary school. My mother
me to school every day.
A. takes
B. is taking
C. used to take
D. is used to taking
1. Mr. Ba is a doctor. He
working at night.
A. used to
B. use to
C. be used to
D. is used to
2. He didn’t use to
in the library.
A. work
B. working
C. to work
D. worked
3. You will get used to
emails soon.
A. send
B. to send
C. sent
D. sending

4. Did you
to the circus when you were young.
A. used to go
B. was used to go C. use to go
D. was used to going
5. That foreigner is used to
in a tropical country.
A. live
B. to living
B. lived
D. living
6. When being a boy, my uncle
fishing.
A. was used to going B. used to go
C. used to going
D. is used to going
7. Long ago there
a banyan tree here.
A. is used to being B. used to be
C. used to being
D. is used to be
8. I_ to work but now I take the bus.
A. use to drive
B. used to drive
C. was used to drive D. was used to driving
9. I a packet a day but I stopped two years ago.
A. used to smoke
B. use to smoke
C. used to smoking D. am used to smoking
10. There

a cinema in the town but now there isn't.
A. use to be
B. was used to
C. is used to
D. used to be
11. Did you
go out with my sister?
A. use to
B. used to
C. get used to
D. be used to
12.
they use to own the company?
A. Are
B. Did
C. A and B are right D. A and B are wrong
13. Didn't we
to the same school?
A. used to go
B. get used to go
C. use to go
D. used to going
14. I didn't use
with my dolls anymore.
A. play
B. playing
C. to playing
D. to play
15. We
out much in the winter months.

A. didn't use to go B. didn’t used to
C. A and B are right D. A and B are wrong
16. Sam and Mary
to Mexico in the summer but now they go to Cuba.
A. used to go
B. use to go
C. got used to go
D. got used to going
17. Jerry used to
English.
A. studying
B. to study
C. to studying
D. study
18. He never drinks beer. He
drinking beer.
A. used
B. isn’t used to
C. used to
D. isn’t used for
19. Mary is used to
her homework by herself.
A. do
B. doing
C. to do
D. did
20. Sally is used to
hours in front of the computer every day.
A. spending
B. to spend

C. to spend
D. spent
21. Mr. Poole has lived in Vietnam for many years. He
the hot climate here.



A. used to

B. is used to

C. gets used to

D. B and C are correct

Ex.2: Put the correct form of verb:
1. When I was a child, I used ……………….. (dream) of being an astronaut.
2. I'm terribly nervous. I'm not used ……………. (speak) to a large audience.
3. It took us ages to get used ………………… (live) in an apartment house.
4. Lots of trains used …………………… (stop) here, but not many do now.
5. Didn't Nick use …………….. (work) on a building site?
6. I'll have an orange juice, please. I'm not used …………….(drink) alcohol.
7. David doesn't seem to mind being in hospital. I suppose he's got used ………… (be) there.
8. When Laura was at college, she used …… (have) a picture of Elvis Presley on her bedroom wall.
9. There used ………….. (be) a cinema here but it was knocked down a few years ago.
10. When she arrived in Britain, she wasn't used …… (drive) on the left, but she soon got used to it.
11. I was used to…………………………(eat) at noon when I started school.
12. He used to……………………….(eat) dinner at five o'clock.
13. When I was young, I used to…………………(swim) everyday.
14. He used to…………….(like) her, but he doesn't anymore.

15. Don't worry, some day you will get used to……………..(speak) English.
16. Lan can't get used to………………….(study)
17. He used to…………………..(dance) every night, but now he studies.
18. Adam is used to……………………(sleep) late on the weekends.
19. Chieks is used to……………………(eat) American food now.
20. She finally got used to………………………..(eat) our food.
Ex.3: Use “used to” or “be used to”
1. They ………... go to DaLat in summer
2. They ……………..… playing soccer in the park
3. I …………. getting up early
4. Tom ………… do his homework in the evening
5. Lan ………. writing to Maryam
6. He ……………………………… work at night
7. They ………….. watching TV
8. She …………………… playing badminton
9. My father ……. come home late
10. She ………….. go swimming in the afternoon
Ex.4: Rewrite the sentences using: “used to” + V(bare); be/ get + used + to + Ving or
accustomed + Ving:
1. He doesn’t love me any more. => He used…………………………………………………………
2. They often went to school by bike when they were young.
=> They used ………………………….
3. I no longer eat meat. => I used to ………………………………………………………………….
4. When Lan was small, she used to cry a lot. => Lan often ……………………………….…………
5. My father used to drive to work when he lived in Japan.
=> My father …………………………………………………………………………………………..
6. We had a nice garden once, but now we don’t any more.
=> We ………………………………………………………………………………...……………….
7. David used to have long hair. => David no longer…………………………...……………………..
8. Her mother usually got up early. => Her ………………………………..………………………….

9. He often ate lots of ham. => He ………………………………………………………………...….
10. We lived in the country in 1980s but now we live in Ho Chi Minh City.
=> We………………………………………………………………………………………………….
11. I always get up early in the morning.
=> I …………………………………………………………………………………...……………….
=> I……………………………………………………………………………………………...……..
12. He always go swimming after finishing my work.



=> He…………………………………………………………………….…………………………….
=> He…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
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