"Used to" versus "be used to"
"Used to" se utiliza sólo para hábito en el pasado.
Structure: Subject + used to + infinitive verb
"I used to go there every morning". Acción repetida en el pasado.
"I used to live there". Estado en el pasado.
El único verbo auxiliar posible es "did".
"Did he use to live in that house?". En este ejemplo "used to" vuelve a su forma infinitiva ya que es considerado un verbo.
Get/Be used to:
Structures: Subject + get/be used to + object or gerund (verb-ing)
"Get used to" significa acostumbrarse. "Be used to" significa estar acostumbrado.
Tanto "get used to" como "be used to" pueden usarse en cualquier tiempo verbal (presente, pasado y futuro).
Get used to: acostumbrarse
"After years of working there I got used to (doing) it".
"Get used to" puede ser usado en todos los tiempos, con cualquier verbo auxiliar.
"Have you gotten used to living there?" "I don't think I would ever get used to doing this weather" "I didn't get used to that team"
Be used to: estar acostumbrado
"After years of living here I'm used to this neighbourhood" "Will you ever be used to working there?"
Importante:
Los auxiliares DO, DOES y DID no se usan con la expresión "be used to" debido a que no solemos combinar dichos auxiliares de tiempos simples (present simple y past simple) con el verbo BE.
Nota:
"I used to work there". Esto describe un hábito en el pasado, pero no implica que estuviera acostumbrado/a.
"I was used to working there". Esto describe que estaba acostumbrado/a a hacer esto.
Answer the questions
- Do you know the difference between used to and be used to?
- Are their structures the same?
- Can we use the auxiliary did with used to?
- What are the differences between get used to and be used to?
- What auxiliaries do we use in either case?
- Can we use them in all tenses?
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