Hi, James from www.invid.com, I'm having a small problem here, you see, I'm used to standing
over here, okay, I'm very used to doing that, so I used to stand over there but now I'm
going to stand over here, and I'm not used to it, and I said a couple of things here
and you might get a little confused and go, "What the hell is he talking about?"
Let's go to the board and I'll tell you.
Many students are confused by this, like that's the same, so what's the difference, right?
I used to, I'm used to, they even almost sound the same, it's kind of crazy, in fact when
we speak, we speak too quickly and people get confused even more, I'm going to break
it down for you today so you can understand what these mean, or what they mean.
First of all, we use this but they don't mean the exact same thing, okay, now I used to
do something is the past.
I'm used to, and here's the confusing part, I'll explain, D and T in English are very
confusing because when they get close together they blend into one and it's hard to tell
the difference, but I'm used to cooking my own dinner actually means it's not new, or
not strange, okay, to me.
So in this case, I'm used to doing something, I'm just saying it's not the first time I've
done it, it's not new to me, it's not very strange.
Now Ezekiel, if you remember my friend Ezekiel, he's smiling today, he's used to being in
the classroom on the board when I do lessons, see, he used to be outside but I brought him
inside, you don't have to worry about that, let's just continue with the lesson, but you
get the idea, I used to, past, I'm used to something I do on a regular basis, it's not
strange and it's not new to me.
So let's look at the structure of how this is done and then we can figure out how we
can use it properly, okay?
So let's start off with the first one, I used to, well, as you can see on the end we've
got to, so we're going to make this an infinitive form, so it is subject, right, S is for subject,
used to, and then infinitive, verb in the base.
And by saying this, what I mean is, literally, in the past, I did, see, past, it regularly,
but not anymore, okay, so let me read it, oops, watch out, capitalization, period, okay?
So subject plus used to and verb in the base, in the past I did it regularly, but not anymore.
So let's get the sentence, shall we, I'll put this up here, I'm happy, Ezekiel was here,
that's why.
Okay, so used to, okay, we'll just put that up here, used to, so we'll say, I used to
wear ladies' underwear, it was a little tight, tighten the button, so I don't do it anymore,
but I used to wear ladies' underwear, I did it in the past, but I don't anymore, okay?
So don't ask me any questions about it in the forum, alright?
Okay, so I used to, past, yes, now, we have the structure, okay, see, wear, used to and
subject, but let's just say, well, before I even go there, remember, there is no present
form for the structure, I keep listing the past to let you know it's something you did
in the past, you do not do it anymore, if you do it now, you cannot use this structure,
understand?
Cool, great, let's go back to the board, let's say we do something now, and it's not new
to us, this is more like the present sense, right?
So let's just say, yeah, I'm very bad today, but I'm just going to say, I'm used to, now
watch this, becomes ing, wearing ladies' underwear, if you watch Shrek, that's what Pinocchio
does, I don't do that, Pinocchio did it, but I'm used to wearing ladies' underwear, that's
not the past anymore, this is me saying, it's what?
Not strange, not strange to me, and it's not new, now we're going to have to change some
things here, okay?
So first of all, we have to put I'm, or really, subject, right, is used to, okay?
Maybe you can't see that because it's a little high, so I'm just going to put that down here,
and say subject instead of I'm, so it doesn't have to be I'm, he is, she is, they are, okay?
So this, so what is this, we're going to do the structure, we're going to go down here,
so we've changed it, this is not past, this is present, look at this, this is present,
right?
Now, we've changed that by just adding this here, now we're going down here, I've changed
the sentence structure, so now I'm going to have to change even the sentence structure
to say, it's not just subject anymore, it's subject plus verb to be.
Check out the blue screen, it'll tell you what this V to be is, okay?
Excuse me, got a cold.
Anyway, back to work.
So you know what V to be is, so it's subject plus the verb to be, used to, and then verb
in the base.
I'm used to, actually, it doesn't have to be verb in the base anymore, we got the verb
to be, what does the verb to be used to do, what do we use it for?
I'm used to, what, well, we're going to have ing, right, continuous form.
I'm used to living alone, I'm used to cooking my own food, I'm used to working in the dark,
so we go from here, we make it like the continuous form.
So I'm used to, and then verb ing, and we've got wearing ladies underwear, it's not unusual
for me, I'm used to that noise.
Now we don't have to always have ing, right, we can have something else, we can have noise
as being a noun, I'm used to the noise, I'm used to the heat, I'm used to the temperature,
I'm used to working late.
So we can change this, it doesn't have to be this, I'm sorry, that's the other one,
it doesn't have to be the verb in the base, ok?
Verb in the base plus just used to is equal to past, something I used to do and no longer
do it.
When we have this one, all we have to remember is add the verb to be and it is something
I'm doing in the present.
We can use an ing, we can use a noun, whatever follows after, ok?
So in this particular case, we're saying I am used to something I do, oh, let's change
it because this is no longer true, is it?
So it says here, we're going to change it, because now we're saying I am used to, it
is not new or strange to me, ok?
So we've got I used to, past, we've got I am used to, something that is not new or strange
to me.
These are often confused, now you know the difference, ok?
Hope that helped you, any questions, go to the forum, you know where it is, maybe you
don't.
I'm used to telling you all the time, maybe you've forgotten, so why don't we go do it,
right?
I mean, I used to say it all the time, and if you're paying attention, you'll figure
it out.
But, let's quickly go through this, I'll tell you where I am used to being, www.ing, that's
in English, vid, that is video,.com, go there, find me, other teachers, happy to help you,
ok?
I'm sure you'll get used to doing it real quick, real soon, real, I'm gone, bye.