A question for you which animal is native to Austria
the answer…. is
the alpine ibex that's right
if you said kangaroo then you are wrong. No apple strudel for you.
The names Australia and Austria look similar but they are very different.
Guacamole and mushy peas look the same but they are not.
President Xi and Winnie the Pooh
look the same but the rumor that they are the same person is just speculation. How is this relevant
to today's lesson? Because sometimes different words and phrases can look similar but in fact
they are very different. Today on LetThemTalkTv we're going to look at the difference between
USUALLY, WOULD USUALLY, USED TO, TO BE USED TO, TO GET USED TO many English learners confuse
these from lower intermediate to super advanced and that's why I'm making this video we'll explain
all the grammar with lots of examples. We'll look at some common mistakes and correct them. After
this lesson you will never confuse them again. By the way, some hawkeyed followers of this channel
might know that I've already made a video on this subject but it was four years ago and frankly
it was a very bad video no really you're too kind but it was. No link in the description,
don't watch that video. Let's start with USUALLY which means that which is usual,
normally, generally, the most common thing under normal conditions. USUALLY always
allows for some exceptions. We use it to talk about present habits and expectations.
some examples: 'I usually read a book before going to bed’,
‘I usually make these videos in the morning.’ ‘I usually go for a walk in the afternoon’
USUALLY usually goes between the pronoun or noun and the verb (I've always wanted to say usually
usually, by the way). However you can put it at the start of a sentence ‘usually, I wake up around
8am.’ can you replace USUALLY with NORMALLY? Yes I normally wake up around 8am. However,
and here is a tip for you, if your native language is French, Spanish, Portuguese, German and
other european languages you might instinctively translate normalmente, normalement, normalerweise
into English as NORMALLY which is okay but USUALLY is a much more common word
in English as you can see from the ngram here. So if you want to sound more idiomatic use USUALLY,
usually. USUALLY is a word used in the present tense if you want to put it in the past tense
you use WOULD USUALLY ‘when I was a student I would usually eat lunch at the college
canteen.’ ‘when she lived in Brighton she would usually go for a run before breakfast.’ In these
two sentences you could also use USED TO which we're going to look at in the moment. ‘she used to
go for a run before breakfast.’ There is a nuance of meeting the difference is that WOULD USUALLY
stresses the fact that it happened most of the time but not all the time. So the past of
USUALLY is WOULD USUALLY and I remind you that WOULD in that sentence is not a conditional
in this context it's about repetitive actions in the past and we have a video on that check it
out here. Now let's move on to USED TO followed by a verb in the base form that's EAT, DRINK,
TALK, WALK etc this is a past tense we use it in two ways; to talk about states in the past
that are not true anymore and to talk about repeated actions in the past that are not true
anymore. So firstly, past states it was true but it's not now. I used to live in London
but now I live in Paris. I used to eat meat but now I'm a vegetarian.
This used to be a green field, I used to play cricket here as a kid, but now
it's a car park. Secondly, you use USED TO for repetitive events in the past that are no longer
true. ‘When I lived in London I used to go to the gym three times a week.’ ‘On friday nights
I used to go to the video rental store and get a movie.’ Not anymore they don't exist anymore. For
repetitive events we can also use WOULD ‘When I was a kid I would visit my grandmother every
wednesday afternoon.’ It has the same meaning here as USED TO but it's more formal and more literary.
However, as we saw earlier if you use USUALLY you must use WOULD and not USED TO. ‘I would usually
start work at 8 30’ okay ‘I used to usually.’ No that's not right easy huh? Now the negative
with a negative you talk about things that were not true in the past that are true now for example
you know. ‘I didn’t use to like olives but I do now.’ ‘we DIDN’T USE TO have a car but
now we do.’ Question; is there anything you didn't use to like that you do now? Answers
in the comments. Common mistake I DIDN’T USED TO like olives did you notice you dropped the d
in used after did I DIDN’T USE TO like olives. However, this is only a written
difference in spoken English USED TO DIDN’T USE TO will be pronounced the same that's why a lot
of native speakers will write it incorrectly. You might read in old books the negative of USED TO is
USEN’T TO or I USED NOT TO for example ‘I used not to drink coffee.’ . However, this is rather
old-fashioned and is increasingly rare these days it has been more or less replaced by. I DIDN’T
USE TO. To ask a question; Did you use to..? some examples; ‘hello I think I recognize you
did you use to work at bigwig systems?’ Before YouTube, did you use to learn English from
a book? ‘Hey, did she use to go to our school’ A common mistake’ ‘before I worked in a library.’
No, don't use BEFORE like that it's a past state so say ‘I used to work in a library.’ okay
‘I danced when I was young.’ No if you just use the past simple in this case it could be
misunderstood that you did the action just once. I danced when I was young on the 23rd of april 2004.
That's not what you mean it was a past habit so say ‘I used to dance when I was young/’ Got
it? Let's move on to TO BE USED, TO TO BE USED TO means it's not strange anymore, it
used to be strange but now it's not. I've become familiar with the thing. I've learned how to do
whatever it is. It's not strange anymore BE USED TO is a comparison. Got that? You can
use it with a verb + ing or before a noun let's look at some examples. ‘in the UK
we drive on the left but in France they drive on the right it was really difficult at first
but now I'm used to driving on the right.’ It's not strange, it's not alien anymore.
Let me show you something I'm used to driving on the right
you see that I cover the used to and it reveals a present continuous. ‘I'm driving on the right’
just like I'm speaking, I'm learning, there you are I'm driving and that will
help you remember to put an ING after the verb because it is present continuous (kind of).
‘In paris, apartments are really small but it's okay after all this time I'm
used to living in a small apartment.’ Another example, you can follow BE USED TO with a noun
‘after spending six months in india I'm used to spicy food,’ you can follow BE USED TO with IT to
avoid repetition in a sentence. ‘People think it's strange that I take cold showers every morning
but I'm used to it.’ you can use it in the negative. ‘You know I'm not used to wearing
a mask it feels strange.’’ My friend just got divorced and he's quite unhappy he's not used
to being alone.’ ‘You can use in the past tense. ‘In my first job I had to be at work at 7 00 am
I wasn't used to waking up so early and I was often late.’ Common mistakes ‘I'm used
to drinking coffee every morning.’ No that's not correct, that's not correct because here you're
talking about a present habit that happens most of the time for present habits use USUALLY I usually
drink coffee or tea whatever in the morning. Remember what I said TO BE USED TO is a comparison
it's comparing a situation now to an earlier time when it was strange with USUALLY there is no
comparison so this type of sentence might work if we are comparing it to a time when it wasn't
strange. ‘I'm used to taking cold showers it was difficult at first but now I'm used to it.’
Finally, we have GET USED TO so we know I’M NOT USED TO, ‘I'm not used to wearing a mask’
and the opposite is ‘I'm used to wearing a mask.’ There must be a point
somewhere in between where it's becoming less strange when you are just learning that experience
returning to the mask thing, because it's 2021 now and that's what people are doing,
for me it took about a month to get used to wearing a mask.
Now I'm used to it in fact sometimes I forget to remove it when I'm in the house. So the structure
is GET USED TO + verb plus ING. ‘It took me about a week to get used to driving on the right.’
‘If you move to Iceland you'll have to get used to winters without daylight and summers without
darkness.’ you get used to something that is difficult or unpleasant to start with ‘It took
me a while to get used to taking the metro but now I'm fine.’ So GET USED TO is the learning process
that makes things seem normal. Unlike like TO BE USED TO we often use GET USED TO in the present
continuous because the learning is happening now the form is GETTING USED TO for example ‘I'm
getting used to teaching on zoom I didn't like it at first no I prefer to teach in
a classroom but now I guess I'm getting used to it.’ ‘I used to eat out a lot but now
I can't because of lockdown I'm getting used to eating at home.’ What are you getting used to? Let
us know in the comments thank you grammarians stay mellow and see you in the next video.