Đều là “used to”, và đều dùng để diễn tả một thói quen trong tiếng Anh. Nhưng mỗi cách lại được sử dụng trong một trường hợp khác nhau, với định nghĩa khác nhau
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USED TO
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BE/ GET USED TO
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1. Định nghĩa |
Dùng để miêu tả một thói quen, một hành động thường xuyên xảy ra trong quá khứ và bây giờ không còn nữa. |
Dùng để miêu tả 1 thói quen ở hiện tại |
2. Cấu trúc |
(+) S + used to + V (-) S + didn’t + use to + V (?) Did + S + use to + V? |
S + tobe / get + used to + Ving |
3. Ví dụ |
(+) I used to collect the stamps. (-) He didn’t use to play marbles. (?) Did you use to ride a buffalo? |
- She gets used to getting up early. - He is used to eating breakfast every day. |
BÀI TẬP VẬN DỤNG
Hoàn thành các câu sau với cấu trúc “used to” và động từ trong ngoặc
Do you know what (Jim/ do) ____________________ before he retired?
____________________ (Mary/ be) a successful businesswoman before she went bankrupt?
My family (not travel) ____________________during summer vacation but now we really enjoy it.
I wonder what (people/ do) ________________ to celebrate the Harvest Festival in the past?
As a kid, Josh (have) _________________ his grandfather pick him up from primary school.
This boy band (be) ____________________ popular before they disbanded.
When my grandmother was young, she (set off) ____________________ for a foreign country almost every summer.
My mother says that she (not cope) _________________ with much work stress 5 years ago.
In the past, people in my village (raise) ________________ poultry or castle to earn a living.
I can't believe my father (be) ____________________ considered a bad boy before he married my mother.
Who (you/ confide) ____________________ in when you was at your teenage?
They (not use) ____________________ folk and knife when they first moved to America.
Jim (not like) ______________ me much when we were at school but now he is my husband.
My father (work) __________________ very far from home before he found his current job.
Those men (suffer) _________________ a lot before they finally succeeded in their business.