Be/Get used to

- Be/get 'used to' + noun
- Be/get 'used to' +  -ing

Affirmative	Negative		Interrogative
	Long Form	Contracted Form
I am used to driving	I am not used to driving	I'm not used to driving	Are you used to driving?

• To be used to something means to be accustomed to it.
• To get used to something means to become accustomed to it.
• 'Used to' refers to something that was strange before and has become familiar,
   something that you have learned to accept.
• 'Used to' is followed either by a noun or by a verb ending in -ing.
  
  
  • Noun
    
    • Tom is used to noise.
    • Julie is used to hard work.
  • Verb
    • Tom is used to living in a noisy street.
    • Julie is used to working hard.
• 'Used to' is used with be and get in all tenses : past, present, future and conditional.
  
  
  • Now that I live in France, I am used to driving on the right.
  • Since I moved to the city, I have got used to noise.
  • Before I lived in Italy, I wasn't used to eating pasta.
  • I wasn't used to the weather.  It took me some time to get used to it.

Subject	Verb		Noun	Verb in -ing form
Tom	is	used to		walking to work
Laura	is not	used to	spicy food
Traffic wardens	are	used to	noise
Tourists to Britain	are not	used to		driving on the left
Our grandparents	were not	used to	mobile phones
Ski instructors	get	used to	cold weather
Pedro	has got	used to		speaking English
Alex	will get	used to		living in a big city