TRICKY USE
A. Study the following examples
1. I am used to Word, why should I learn Works?
2. People used to think that the earth was flat
3. What kind of bread are you used to ?
4. People were more used to the cold back in the XIXth century
5. Why does the cat pee every where now when it never used to?
6 When you were small, did you use to think that presents were brought to you by Santa Claus?
7. When the reporters get interviewed, apparently they don't like it. But they should get used to it -
8. I used to smoke but I quit 6 months ago
9. I am used to getting up at the crack of dawn
10 What software did you use to make your presentation? Powerpoint
B Now,
1/ write the sentences above in two different columns in a logical way. Careful, there is at least one booby trap!
2/ pick the phrases illustrating the way both constructions function
to is a preposition / to is an infinitive marker / is a verb / is an adjective / is followed by an infinitive / is followed by a noun or a gerund / translates être habitué à / doesn't translate at all / underlines a contrast between a past situation and a present situation / implicitly means that it's no longer the case / in French, can be rendered by an adverb like "jadis, naguère, dans le temps" / do, does or did are used as helping verbs to make questions and negative sentences / question and negative sentenced are formed by inverting the subject and the helping verb be or by adding not /
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