{"id":1983,"date":"2014-03-17T09:44:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T08:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.liceogalileinapoli.gov.it\/?page_id=1983"},"modified":"2014-05-07T10:43:06","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T08:43:06","slug":"inglese","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.liceogalileinapoli.edu.it\/genitori\/studenti\/materiale-didattico\/inglese\/","title":{"rendered":"Inglese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2034 alignleft\" alt=\"keep-calm-and-teach-english-4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.liceogalileinapoli.edu.it\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/keep-calm-and-teach-english-4-257x300.png\" width=\"157\" height=\"200\" \/><\/b><b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>\u2018Be Used to&#8230;&#8217; and &#8216;Get used to&#8230;<\/b><b>&#8216;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>When we want to describe a state or action which is normal or habitual in the present, or which is NOT normal or habitual, we can use a form of &#8216;<b>be used to<\/b>&#8216;. When we talk about the CHANGE between something being new, and something being normal, we can use <b>&#8216;Get used to&#8217;.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Unlike<b> &#8216;used to&#8217;<\/b> these two forms are not restricted to talking about the past.\u00a0 <b>&#8216;Be used to&#8217;<\/b> and<b> &#8216;Get used to&#8217; <\/b>can be used to talk about the past, present or future.<\/p>\n<p><b>Be used to&#8230; <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Be used to&#8217; can be followed by either a verb present participle (gerund) or by an object.<br \/>\nThe negative form is created by adding &#8216;not&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><b>The forms are:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Subject + be used to + verb present participle (gerund)<\/li>\n<li>Subject + be used to + object (noun \/ pronoun)<\/li>\n<li>Subject + be not used to + gerund \/ object<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Examples of use<\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I have lived in Italy for 5 years, so I <b>am used to speaking<\/b> Italian. (The activity is normal \/habitual for me)<\/li>\n<li>He is an accountant, so he<b> is used to working<\/b> with numbers.\u00a0 (This activity is normal for him.)<\/li>\n<li>She didn&#8217;t like working at the weekends, but now she<b> is used to it<\/b>. (This activity is now normal for her, but was not in the past.)<\/li>\n<li>I like English cheese, but I <b>am used to (eating) Italian cheese<\/b>. (In this case, the verb &#8216;eating&#8217; is optional&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>He is single, so he<b> isn&#8217;t used to living<\/b> with children. (Living with children is not normal for him.)<\/li>\n<li>He left school 10 years ago, so he<b> isn&#8217;t used to studying<\/b>.\u00a0 (Studying is not normal for him now)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Get used to&#8230; <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Look at the two statements below. In (a), speaking Italian is not normal for Mark.\u00a0 In (b), speaking Italian is normal for Mark.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>(a)<\/b>\u00a0When Mark arrived in Italy, he was not used to speaking Italian.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(In the past&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li><b>(b)<\/b>\u00a0 Mark has lived in Italy for 10 years. He is used to speaking Italian.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Now&#8230;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The verb form\u00a0 &#8216;Get used to&#8217; is used to describe the change between something being new, strange or unusual (a) and something being a habit, or normal (b).<br \/>\n&#8216;Get used to&#8217; is followed by a noun, pronoun or a continuous verb form. &#8216;Get used to&#8217; can be used to talk about the process of change in the past, present or future.<\/p>\n<p><b>Examples:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He got used to working here very quickly.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Past simple)<\/li>\n<li>Mark arrived in Italy last week, now he is getting used to speaking Italian every day.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Present continuous)<\/li>\n<li>If you move to England you will have to get used to English weather!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Future simple, + &#8216;Have to&#8217;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Let\u2019s practice now. Go to:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoenglish.org\/modalverbs\">http:\/\/www.autoenglish.org\/modalverbs<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myenglishpages.com\/site_php_files\/grammar-exercise-used-to.php#.UylQYKh5M_8\">http:\/\/www.myenglishpages.com\/site_php_files\/grammar-exercise-used-to.php#.UylQYKh5M_8<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learn-english-today.com\/lessons\/lesson_contents\/exercises\/used-to_to-be-used-to_ex..htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">http:\/\/www.learn-english-today.com\/lessons\/lesson_contents\/exercises\/used-to_to-be-used-to_ex..htm<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/gb\/elt\/teachers\/?site_locale=en_GB\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/gb\/elt\/teachers\/?site_locale=en_GB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/33590339\" height=\"400\" width=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/34377654\" height=\"400\" width=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2018Be Used to&#8230;&#8217; and &#8216;Get used to&#8230;&#8216; When we want to describe a state or action which is normal or habitual in the present, or which is NOT normal or habitual, we can use a form of &#8216;be used to&#8216;. 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