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Grammar: Used to / get used to / be used
to.
Grammar Reference: Used to / get used to / be used to.
We use ‘used to’ + infinitive to talk about a past situation that is no
longer true. It tells us that there was a repeated action or state in the past
which has now changed.
My mother used to read me books in the evenings when I was small.
I used to spend a lot of time outdoors in my childhood.
Tom used to play computer games, but now he doesn't play at all.
The structures ‘be used to’ and ‘get used to’ are used to talk about
being accustomed to something or getting accustomed to something.
I am used to getting up early.
He is used to living in the tropics.
It was difficult at first, but then I got used to working in the evenings.
