Used To, Be Used To or Get Used To: Multiple Choice

Read the whole situation, then choose the answer that completes the sentence or dialogue. Your first choice counts.

1. We had a cottage with a big garden for ten years, and we _____ all our own vegetables. Now we buy everything at the supermarket.

2. I've worked in a busy restaurant kitchen for twenty years, so I _____ under pressure. It doesn't stress me at all.

3. We only moved to Edinburgh in September, and I'm slowly _____ to work in the cold wind.

4. The new booking system looks confusing, but don't worry: you _____ it in a few days.

5. Mr Patel _____ a very strict teacher, but since he retired he's become really relaxed.

6. Tom grew up on a farm, so he _____ around big animals. Even huge bulls don't frighten him.

7. At first the church bells next door kept me awake, but now I _____ through the noise.

8. When Dev moved to Glasgow, he quickly _____ an umbrella everywhere.

9. My brother _____ about the environment, but these days he takes the bus everywhere and never buys plastic bottles.

10. Our neighbours have four young children. It took them a while, but now they _____ in a noisy house and don't even notice the screaming.

11. A: _____ in the school choir? B: Yes, every year until I was sixteen. I loved it!

12. Kenji always _____ a long walk on Sunday mornings, but since he started working weekends, he hasn't had time.

13. It took my parents months to _____ messages on a smartphone, but now they send me photos every day.

14. Hana has driven a taxi in London for fifteen years, so she _____ in heavy traffic. It never makes her nervous.

15. These days I _____ to work by bike, and my legs don't hurt as much as they did in the first week.

16. A: _____ your homework on the bus when you were at school? B: Yes, nearly every morning!

17. Don't worry about Sam's presentation tomorrow. Big audiences frightened him at first, but after years of teaching he _____ in front of them.

18. The first week at boarding school was hard for Ana, but she soon _____ a bedroom with five other girls.

19. A: _____ in such a small student flat yet? B: Yes, he loves it now. He says it's so easy to clean!

20. A: Who did the ironing when you lived with your parents? B: Mum did. I _____ my own shirts at all.