Used to vs Be used to
Used to vs. Be used to
1. Used to (Past Habit) : “Used to” is used to talk about past habits or situations that were true before but are not true now. It shows something that happened regularly in the past but has stopped in the present. The structure is: Subject + used to + base verb. For example, “I used to play cricket” means I played cricket earlier, but now I do not.
“Used to” āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻ āϤā§āϤ⧰ āϏā§āĻāĻŦā§ā§° āĻ āĻā§āϝāĻžāϏ āĻŦāĻž āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āϝāĻŋāĻŦā§ā§° āĻāĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āύāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧠āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻāϤ⧠āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻāĻ āύ āĻšā§āĻā§: Subject + used to + base verbāĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻĒā§, “I used to play cricket” āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻāϤ⧠āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āύāĻā§āϞā§āĻāĨ¤
2. Be used to (Present Habit / Familiarity) : “Be used to” is used to show that a person is familiar with or comfortable doing something. It describes a present habit or situation. The structure is: Subject + am/is/are + used to + noun/verb-ing. For example, “She is used to waking up early” means she is now comfortable with this habit.
“Be used to” āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻ
āĻā§āϝāϏā§āϤ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāϞā§āĨ¤ āĻ āĻŦā§°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧰ āĻ
āĻā§āϝāĻžāϏ āĻŦāĻž āĻ
ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻāĻ āύ āĻšā§āĻā§: Subject + am/is/are + used to + noun/verb-ingāĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻĒā§, “She is used to waking up early” āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏā§āύāĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻ āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻ
āĻā§āϝāϏā§āϤāĨ¤
3. Key Difference (Main Idea) : The main difference between “used to” and “be used to” is that “used to” talks about the past, while “be used to” talks about the present. “Used to” is used for things that are no longer true, but “be used to” is used for things that are still true and familiar.
“Used to” āĻā§°ā§ “be used to”ā§° āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĻā§āϝ āĻšā§āĻā§—“used to” āĻ āϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠“be used to” āĻŦā§°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧰ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ “Used to” āϏā§āĻāĻŦā§ā§° āĻāĻžāĻŽā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻŋāĻŦā§ā§° āĻāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āύāĻžāĻ, āĻā§°ā§ “be used to” āϏā§āĻāĻŦā§ā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻŋāĻŦā§ā§° āĻāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāϞāĻŋ āĻāĻā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻ āĻā§āϝāϏā§āϤāĨ¤
4. Trick (Way to Remember)
A simple way to remember is: “Used to” means past (before), and “Be used to” means present (now). Also, after “be used to”, we must use a noun or verb with “-ing”. For example, “She is used to driving” is correct, but “She is used to drive” is incorrect.
āĻāĻāĻž āϏāĻšāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻšā§āĻā§—“Used to” āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻāϤ⧠(āĻ āϤā§āϤ), āĻā§°ā§ “Be used to” āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āĻāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž (āĻŦā§°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ)āĨ¤ āϞāĻāϤ⧠“be used to”ā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ noun āĻŦāĻž “verb + ing” āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻĒā§, “She is used to driving” āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠“She is used to drive” āĻā§āϞāĨ¤
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MCQs
1. Choose the correct sentence. / āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāύāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤
A. I am used to play cricket | B. I used to play cricket | C. I am use to playing cricket | D. I used playing cricket
Ans: B. I used to play cricket
Explanation: “Used to” is used for past habits and takes a base verb (play). āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: “Used to” āĻ āϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻ āĻā§āϝāĻžāϏ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ base verb (play) āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
2. She is used to ______ early. / āϤā§āĻāĻ āϏā§āύāĻāĻžāϞ⧠______ āϞ⧠āĻ āĻā§āϝāϏā§āϤāĨ¤
A. wake | B. waking | C. woke | D. wakes
Ans: B. waking
Explanation: After “be used to”, verb + ing (waking) is used. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: “Be used to”ā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ verb + ing āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
3. They used to ______ in this village. / āϏāĻŋāĻšāĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻ āĻāĻžāĻā§ąāϤ ______ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
A. living | B. live | C. lived | D. lives
Ans: B. live
Explanation: “Used to” is followed by base verb (live). āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: “Used to”ā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ base verb (live) āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
4. I am used to ______ cold weather. / āĻŽāĻ āĻ āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻž āĻŦāϤ⧰āϤ ______ āĻ āĻā§āϝāϏā§āϤāĨ¤
A. face | B. facing | C. faced | D. faces
Ans: B. facing
Explanation: After “am used to”, we use verb + ing (facing). āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: “Am used to”ā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ verb + ing āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
5. Which sentence shows past habit ? / āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻ āϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻ āĻā§āϝāĻžāϏ āĻĻā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧ ?
A. She is used to driving | B. She used to drive | C. She is driving | D. She drives
Ans: B. She used to drive
Explanation: “Used to drive” shows a past habit which is no longer true. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: “Used to drive” āĻ āϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻ āĻā§āϝāĻžāϏ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āύāĻžāĻāĨ¤
Error Correction / āĻā§āϞ āϏāĻāĻļā§āϧāύ āĻā§°āĻ
1. She is used to drive. : Wrong
Correct: She is used to driving.
Explanation: After “be used to”, use verb + ing. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: “Be used to”ā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ verb + ing āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
2. I used to playing football. Wrong
Correct: I used to play football.
Explanation: “Used to” + base verb. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: “Used to”ā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ base verb āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
3. They are use to hard work. Wrong
Correct: They are used to hard work.
Explanation: Correct form is “used to”, not “use to”. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ ā§°ā§āĻĒ “used to”āĨ¤
4. He used to waking early. Wrong
Correct: He used to wake early.
5. I am used to eat spicy food. Wrong
Correct: I am used to eating spicy food.
Tip : i. Used to → Past habit (base verb), ii. Be used to → Present habit (noun / verb + ing)