be / get used to (it feels normal) (B1 Grammar)

Use am / is / are used to when something is normal and familiar for you now. It doesn't surprise you anymore.

be used to: it feels normal now

+ a thing, or the -ing form

After used to here, put a thing (a noun) or the -ing form of a verb, never the base verb.

get used to: still getting there

Use get used to when you are still adjusting, becoming familiar with something new. The same words follow: a thing or the -ing form.

used to: true before, not now

Use used to + the base verb for something that was true or a habit in the past but isn't now. There is no be in front of it, and the verb stays in its base form (live, smoke), not the -ing form.

Saying no, and asking

To make these negative or a question, change the small verb, not "used to". For be used to, say I'm not used to it and Are you used to it? For get used to, say I can't get used to it and Did you get used to it? With past-habit used to, the -d drops in the negative and question: I didn't use to like it and Did you use to play?

Three "used to" — tell them apart

Same words, three meanings. Tell them apart by whether there's a be/get and what follows. used to + base verb = a past habit, not now (no be). be used to + a thing or -ing = normal for you now. get used to + a thing or -ing = still adjusting.