Monday, January 18, 2010

Used to & Be Used to + ing

Check this out: when you want to talk about habits in the past, you use;
Used to + verb (infinitive)
- When I was 20, I used to listen to pop music. Nowadays, I listen to rock’n’roll.
- I used to study German, some months ago. These days, I don’t have time enough for that.

When you want to talk about current habits, you use;
Be used to + verb (ing)
- I’m used to blogging every week.
- He’s used to checking his e-mails twice a day.



Here, two links that can help you out: "Used to" is at English Page and Better English; "Be Used to" is at English Club and Using English.