CHUYÊN ĐỀ 6: USED TO; BE/ GET USED TO + V-ING
1. Ôn tập lại cấu trúc Used to
1.1 Used to + Verb: Đã từng, từng. Chỉ một thói quen, một hành động thường xuyên xảy ra trong quá
khứ và bây giờ không còn nữa.
Ví dụ:
I used to smoke a packet a day but I stopped two years ago.
(trước đây tôi hút 1 gói thuốc 1 ngày nhưng từ 2 năm trở lại đây tôi không hút thuốc nữa)
I used to drive to work but now I take the bus.
(Trước đây tôi thường lái xe đi làm nhưng hiện nay tôi đi làm bằng xe buýt).
1.2 To be used to + V-ing/ Noun: Trở nên quen với..
Ví dụ:
I’m used to living on my own. I've done it for quite a long time.
(Tôi thường ở 1 mình, và tôi đã ở một mình được một khoảng thời gian khá lâu).
Hans has lived in England for over a year so he is used to driving on the left now.
(Hans đã sống ở Anh hơn 1 năm rồi nên giờ anh ấy quen lái xe bên tay trái)
1.3 to get used to + V-ing/ noun: Đang quen với việc gì.
Ví dụ:
She has started working nights and is still getting used to sleeping during the day.
(Cô ấy bắt đầu làm việc vào ban đêm và dần quen với việc ngủ suốt ngày).
I have always lived in the country but now I'm beginning to get used to living in the city. (Tôi luôn
sống ở miền quê nhưng giờ đây tôi bắt đầu dần quen với việc sống ở thành phố).
BÀI TẬP VẬN DỤNG
Exercise 1: Put the verbs in brackets into the forms.
1. When I was a child, I (dream)
of being an astronaut.
2. I'm terribly nervous. I (not speak)
to a large audience.
3. It took us ages to (live)
in an apartment house.
4. Lots of trains (stop)
here, but not many do now.
5. (Nick/ not/ work)
on a building site when he was a child?
6. I'll have an orange juice, please. I (not drink)
alcohol.
7. David doesn't seem to mind being in hospital. I suppose he’s (be)
there.
8. When Laura was at college, she (have)
a picture of Elvis Presley on her bedroom wall.
9. There (be)
a cinema here but it was knocked down a few years ago.
10. When she arrived in Britain, she (not drive)
on the left, but she soon got used to it.
Exercise 2: Put the verbs in brackets into the forms.
1. (work)
on a building site when he was young?
2. I will have an orange juice, please. I (not drink)
alcohol.
3. When Laura was at college, she (have)
a picture of Elvis Presley on her bedroom wall.
4. There (be)
a cinema here but it was knocked down a few years ago.
5. When she arrived in Britain, she (not/drive)
on the left, but she soon got used to it.
6. I (live)
in Finland, but now I live in France.
7. I (sit)
at this desk. I sit here every day.
8. People (believe)
the earth was flat.
9. Trains (be)
the main means of cross-continental travel. Today, most people take airplanes for
long-distance travel.
10.
Ms. Stanton’s job requires her to travel extensively throughout the world. She (travel)
by
plane.
Exercise 3: Rewrite the sentences keeping the same meaning.
1. I had a lot of money but I lost it all when my business failed.
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