Things I used to do
Used to  we use this expression very often in English when we want to talk about things
which happened in the past, not once, but many times, or things which happened
continuously.
For example.  When I was young, we used to go on holiday by the sea. This means that we
went on holiday by the sea, not once but many times.
Or  When my father got home from work, he used to sit down and watch television .
Again, he did not watch television once. He did it many times. It was what he normally did
when he came home from work.
Or  Twenty years ago, there used to be a butcher s shop on the High Street . The butcher s
shop wasn t there once. It was there continuously, over a long time.
Here is June. She is going to tell us about some of the things she used to do.
Recently I went back to the town of Newport in South Wales where I used to live when I was
a child, until I was 12 years old. I took a bus to the village where I was born. I remember that
I used to play in the fields opposite my house. Today there is an industrial estate where the
fields used to be. But to my pleasure, very little else had changed. I went to the house where
my father used to have his tailoring business. I remembered how I used to play ball against
the wall of my house. I used to roller skate with my friends. But best of all, I used to play
with my top and whip and ride my bike. The street lamp is still there which used to shine
through my bedroom window at night. Then I went to see the house where I lived when I
was rather older. And last of all, I visited the road where I used to go to secondary school,
but so much had changed that I could no longer recognise the school buildings. It was lovely
to bring back into my memory such happy childhood years.
Here is Johnny Nicholas. He is having woman trouble, and tells us about the things he used
to do.
"The Things (That) I Used To Do"
The things that I used to do
Lord, I won't do them no more
The things that I used to do
Lord, I won't do them no more
I used to sit and hold your hand babe
And cry, oh babe not to go
I used to search all night long for you honey babe
Lord, and my search would always end the same
I used to search all night long for you babe
Lord, and my search would always end the same
But I knew darling that you were here with your other man
Get used to it
Last time, June told us about what she used to do when she was young. You remember
that we say  used to about things which happened in the past, not once but many
times, or which happened continuously. But you know that English is not simple! We can
use the words  used to in other ways as well.
For example, we can say  I am used to something , or  I have become/got/grown
used to something . Here are some examples to explain what this means.
When she was a child, Joanne lived in a small village in the country. But now she lives
and works in a big city. At first, she found the noise and the traffic, and the journey to
work in a crowded train, very stressful. But after a few months, she GOT USED TO it.
She became accustomed to it, so that the traffic and the train journey did not bother her
any more.
Joanne has told Kevin that he needs to lose some weight. Unfortunately, Kevin likes to
eat chocolate bars at work. He has a chocolate bar with his morning coffee, and another
one at lunch time. But he really likes Joanne, so he stops eating chocolate. At first it is
terrible  he really, really wants to eat chocolate with his coffee. But after about two
weeks, he GETS USED TO it. He finds that, actually, he prefers coffee without chocolate.
(Also, he puts an extra spoonful of sugar in his coffee, but he doesn t tell Joanne that!)
And how about you? At first, listening to a foreign language is really difficult. There are
so many words that you do not understand, and people talk really fast. But if you
practice listening, you BECOME USED TO it. You find it is easier to understand what
people say.
I have used the word  really several times in this podcast. It is a common word in
colloquial English. I will talk about it next time.
Used to do
We use 'used to' for something that happened regularly in the past but no longer happens.
·ð I used to smoke a packet a day but I stopped two years ago.
·ð Ben used to travel a lot in his job but now, since his promotion, he doesn't.
·ð I used to drive to work but now I take the bus.
We also use it for something that was true but no longer is.
·ð There used to be a cinema in the town but now there isn't.
·ð She used to have really long hair but she's had it all cut off.
·ð I didn't use to like him but now I do.
'Used to do' is different from 'to be used to doing' and 'to get used to doing'
to be used to doing sth  być przyzwyczajonym do czegoś
We use 'to be used to doing' to say that something is normal, not unusual.
·ð I'm used to living on my own. I've done it for quite a long time.
·ð Hans has lived in England for over a year so he is used to driving on the left now.
·ð They've always lived in hot countries so they aren't used to the cold weather here.
to get used to doing sth  przyzwyczaić się do czegoś
We use 'to get used to doing' to talk about the process of something becoming normal for us.
·ð I didn't understand the accent when I first moved here but I quickly got used to it.
·ð She has started working nights and is still getting used to sleeping during the day.
·ð I have always lived in the country but now I'm beginning to get used to living in the city.
And now some exercises
Here is the link
http://www.englishexercises.org/buscador/buscar.asp?nivel=any&age=0&tipo=any&contents=
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