Using ‘used to’ and ‘be used to’ can be confusing for students. ‘Used to’ and ‘be used to’ are similar to each other in form, but their meanings are quite different. Students are introduced to or review ‘used to’ and ‘be used to’ to contrast experiences as well as talking about becoming familiar with something using ‘get used to’. Students will be able to use the two forms appropriately.
Used to and Be used to
Overview
Daily life
Level
Pre-Intermediate: A2+Intermediate: B1
Included
3 student pagesTeaching notes
Teaching time 90 mins
Language functions
Comparing and contrastingExplainingTalking about the past
Language forms
Continuous formsPast forms
Activities
ConversationCorrect the mistakesGap fillMatchingRewritingSentence completion
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