Estructura de Used to, Get used to y Be used to
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Regístrate gratisEn inglés podemos diferenciar entre el used to, get used to y be used to. Estas estructuras tienen un significado diferente y se conjugan y de manera distinta.
Plan de estudio
Ocultar1. Used to
La estructura used to significa solía y se utiliza para hablar de hábitos o estados del pasado o acciones que se repetían con frecuencia.
Estructura afirmativa: Sujeto + used to + infinitivo
La forma afirmativa se forma utilizando la estructura used to acompañado del verbo en infinitivo:
- I used to collect stamps when I was a child - Solía coleccionar sellos cuando era niño.
Estructura negativa: Sujeto + didn't + use to + infinitivo
Para formar las oraciones negativas se utiliza el verbo auxiliar “do” en pasado en su forma negativa: didn’t/ did not.
- She didn't use to go to the library to study - Ella no solía ir a la biblioteca para estudiar.
Estructura interrogativa: Did + sujeto + use to + infinitivo?
En la forma interrogativa se invierte el orden: el verbo auxiliar Did se coloca al principio de la oración seguido del sujeto y de la estructura use to junto con el infinitivo.
- Did you use to go to the park with your grandfahter? - ¿Solías ir al parque con tu abuelo?
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2. Be used to
La expresión Be used to, que se puede traducir en español como estar acostumbrado a. Se forma con el verbo auxiliar “to be” en función del tiempo verbal y el tipo de oración (afirmativa, negativa o interrogativa) seguido de la estructura used to y el verbo acabado en –ing.
Estructura: Sujeto + auxiliar to be + used to + gerundio.
Ejemplos:
- I am used to getting up early – Estoy acostumbrado a levantarme temprano.
- He wasn’t used to working on Sundays – Él no estaba acostumbrado a trabajar los domingos.
- Are you used to long journeys? - ¿Estas acostumbrado a viajes largos?
3. Get used to
Get used to, que quiere decir acostumbrarse a. Se forma conjugando el verbo “to get” en el tiempo verbal correspondiente y el tipo de oración (afirmativa, negativa o interrogativa), seguido de used to y el verbo acabado en –ing.
Estructura: Sujeto + auxiliar + get + used to + gerundio.
Ejemplos:
- He is getting used to living without his parents – Se está acostumbrando a vivir sin sus padres.
- I won’t get used to the rain – No me acostumbraré a la lluvia.
- Did you get used to living in a town? - ¿Te acostumbraste a vivir en un pueblo?
Ejercicios
Distingue entre used to, get used to y be used to
Rellena los espacios en blanco con la conjugación correcta de used to, get used to o be used to
¡No confundas el uso de estas tres estructuras! Aprende a diferenciarlas con el siguiente ejercicio. A continuación, una pequeña ayuda que te servirá de repaso:
- Used to + infinitivo: solía (hábitos pasados).
- Be used to + ing: estar acostumbrado a.
- Get used to + ing: acostumbrarse a.
1- He is to without his parents.
2- I come from a big city. I will never to in a small village.
3- I to but I gave it up when my daughter was born.
4- I've been living in London for two years but I still haven't to on the right.
5- When I was a child I to with computer games, I to in the street every day.
6- When I moved to Austria I to at 12 o'clock.
7- I've always lived on my own, so now I need to to with my flatmates.
8- My family to the summer in our home village.
9- When I was young, I to glasses.
10- She to with children.
11- It is a simple program to use it you to it.
12- She is afraid she will never to in this place. She does not like it.
13- Whenever we came to Spain we always to in the Central Hotel.
14- When he was the head of our office everything to well organized. Now, it's total chaos here.
15- I to several books a month but now with the exams I don't have time any more.
Conjuga correctamente la estructura used to
Solución
1- I _______ eat a lot of sweets, but now I can not eat them because I am on a diet.
- used to
2- My brother _______ go to parties, but now he goes partying almost every day.
- did not use to
3- When I was at the school I did not study much. I _______ get all A’s in my classes.
- did not use to
4- _______ go to school by train?
- Did you use to
5- When I was angry I _______ cry in my room.
- used to
6- I _______ forget stuff, but now I do, I even forget my sister's birthday.
- did not use to
7- My father _______ a doctor, now he is retired.
- used to be
Ejercicios
Distingue entre used to, get used to y be used to
Rellena los espacios en blanco con la conjugación correcta de used to, get used to o be used to
¡No confundas el uso de estas tres estructuras! Aprende a diferenciarlas con el siguiente ejercicio. A continuación, una pequeña ayuda que te servirá de repaso:
- Used to + infinitivo: solía (hábitos pasados).
- Be used to + ing: estar acostumbrado a.
- Get used to + ing: acostumbrarse a.
1- He is to without his parents.
2- I come from a big city. I will never to in a small village.
3- I to but I gave it up when my daughter was born.
4- I've been living in London for two years but I still haven't to on the right.
5- When I was a child I to with computer games, I to in the street every day.
6- When I moved to Austria I to at 12 o'clock.
7- I've always lived on my own, so now I need to to with my flatmates.
8- My family to the summer in our home village.
9- When I was young, I to glasses.
10- She to with children.
11- It is a simple program to use it you to it.
12- She is afraid she will never to in this place. She does not like it.
13- Whenever we came to Spain we always to in the Central Hotel.
14- When he was the head of our office everything to well organized. Now, it's total chaos here.
15- I to several books a month but now with the exams I don't have time any more.
Conjuga correctamente la estructura used to
Solución
1- I _______ eat a lot of sweets, but now I can not eat them because I am on a diet.
- used to
2- My brother _______ go to parties, but now he goes partying almost every day.
- did not use to
3- When I was at the school I did not study much. I _______ get all A’s in my classes.
- did not use to
4- _______ go to school by train?
- Did you use to
5- When I was angry I _______ cry in my room.
- used to
6- I _______ forget stuff, but now I do, I even forget my sister's birthday.
- did not use to
7- My father _______ a doctor, now he is retired.
- used to be