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 <html><p><img height="141" id="1334" style="width: 113px; height: 93px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1334_c36b9d4ed7c3e073c19ae524fb68a0dd.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><strong>Summers <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">used to </span>be so much longer and warmer when I was a child.</strong></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><img height="150" id="247" style="width: 114px; height: 121px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/247_78b92786f45d7b00e0f503774e5628ac.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><strong>It <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">used to </span>take me an hour to drive to work so I go by train now - it's much quicker.</strong></span></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><img height="134" id="1397" style="width: 109px; height: 98px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1397_936b573c83ec3a719a99be259b833a94.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp; <b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">didn't use to </span>enjoy driving but, in my new car, I love it!</span></b></span></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><img height="135" id="1335" style="width: 115px; height: 96px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1335_7588ebb3a8bf6a0a503e089296e31488.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'>My son and his wife never<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> used to </span>visit us when we lived in the south.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></b></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'>It was too far to travel with the children.</span></span></b></span></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><img height="137" id="237" style="width: 120px; height: 103px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/237_905dcaa5b9f8eb631ce1f2783826cc63.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'>Where<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> did </span>you<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> use to </span>work? Did you have a good boss?</span></span></span></b></span></span></p> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'></span></span></span></b></span></span><p><br></p><p>&nbsp;<b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Confusion with </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 48, 160); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>to be used to</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(112, 48, 160); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>To be used to</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> means to be accustomed to or familiar with something or someone but it is sometimes confused with <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">used to</span>. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">used to </span>live in a big house so I was <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">used to</span> having a lot of space. Now I live in a much smaller house but I'm getting used to it.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</p></html> <html><p><img height="141" id="1334" style="width: 113px; height: 93px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1334_c36b9d4ed7c3e073c19ae524fb68a0dd.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><strong>Summers <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">used to </span>be so much longer and warmer when I was a child.</strong></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><img height="150" id="247" style="width: 114px; height: 121px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/247_78b92786f45d7b00e0f503774e5628ac.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><strong>It <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">used to </span>take me an hour to drive to work so I go by train now - it's much quicker.</strong></span></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><img height="134" id="1397" style="width: 109px; height: 98px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1397_936b573c83ec3a719a99be259b833a94.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp; <b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">didn't use to </span>enjoy driving but, in my new car, I love it!</span></b></span></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><img height="135" id="1335" style="width: 115px; height: 96px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1335_7588ebb3a8bf6a0a503e089296e31488.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'>My son and his wife never<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> used to </span>visit us when we lived in the south.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></b></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'>It was too far to travel with the children.</span></span></b></span></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><img height="137" id="237" style="width: 120px; height: 103px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/237_905dcaa5b9f8eb631ce1f2783826cc63.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'>Where<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> did </span>you<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> use to </span>work? Did you have a good boss?</span></span></span></b></span></span></p> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'></span></span></span></b></span></span><p><br></p><p>&nbsp;<b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Confusion with </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 48, 160); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>to be used to</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(112, 48, 160); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>To be used to</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> means to be accustomed to or familiar with something or someone but it is sometimes confused with <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">used to</span>. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">used to </span>live in a big house so I was <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">used to</span> having a lot of space. Now I live in a much smaller house but I'm getting used to it.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</p></html>
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