Habitual Activity
Be | Get used to get accustomed to | + noun / V gerund |
The new employee of ours is getting used to using / is getting accustomed to using the new system.
(He / She is not fully ready but learning the new system)
The new employee of ours is used to using / is accustomed to using the new system.
(He / She already knows / has no problem with the new system)
Used To vs Would
"Used to" can be used with action and stative verbs but "would" can only be used with action verbs.When I was young, I would go fishing every Sunday. (used to go / went)
When I was young I used to like milk. (
When my little sister was a kid, she used to be very annoying. (was)
When we were kids, my mother would wake us up every morning. (she was used to waking us up)
I used to like Madonna. (
Negative / Question form of "used to"
Did you use to go to there?No, I didn't use to go there.
I used to not go there.
WOULD
It would start raining just whenever we went to picnic.
He would smile every time I mentioned her name.
We would have breakfast on the roof.
Mary said that she would call me ASAP (as soon as possible).
I don't know what happened, she said she would be here.
I told you the bus would arrive on time.
You would look better with short hair.
I would buy a lottery ticket if I were you.
It would be great if we had money but unfortunately we don't.
Exercise: http://www.grammarbank.com/used-to-vs-would-worksheet.html
More explanations in Spanish:
http://petersblogingles.blogspot.com.es/2009/10/used-used-to-be-used-to-get-used-to.html
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