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Watch the videos explaining the structures 'USED TO + INFINITIVE', 'GET USED TO + ING' and 'BE USED TO + ING'

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Used to do, Be used to doing and Get used to doing

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GRAMMAR: Understanding ‘used to’, ‘be used to’ and ‘get used to’

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WE ARE GOING TO PRACTISE THESE STRUCTURES:
I USED TO DO
I GOT USED TO DOING
I AM USED TO DOING
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING
USE THE STRUCTURES ABOVE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW:
1 What did you use to do before the pandemic that is impossible now?
2 What did you get used to doing during the lockdown, when we were self-isolating at home?
3 What things are you now used to doing, after a year of pandemic?
4 What are you looking forward to doing when this is over?

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When we look back at our recent past it's just amazing how things have changed. Let's make a trip down memory lane. Before the coronavirus pandemic, we didn't use to wear masks, did we? We used to hug our friends, kiss our family, shake hands, travel… But everything changed a year ago. We have adapted. We got used to wearing masks. We got used to not hugging or kissing. We got used to being at home all the time. We have adopted new habits. We stopped hugging and kissing. We always remember to carry our mask. We avoid touching each other. Now we are used to seeing each other on video calls. Everybody is used to keeping a safe distance and to using hand sanitiser all the time. Most of us are now used to having dinner early. We are used to not meeting friends at night. People are used to coming back home before the curfew. During the lockdown, we used to buy toilet paper, we used to bake bread and cakes, we used to clap for our cares at 7 pm. It's been a year and we are looking forward to going out again. We are looking forward to hugging and touching and kissing again. Those things will come back. With the vaccines we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. So, let's take this opportunity to reflect on what we have lost and what we will soon recover. By the end of 2021, over 70% of the population will have been vaccinated. Before this year finishes, we will have recovered our lives back. Fingers crossed.

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You can use these ideas to find some inspiration for your text:
CLAP FOR CARERS
WATCH TUTORIALS
DO EXERCISE
MEET FRIENDS
HUG AND KISS
TRAVEL
INDULGE IN SNACKS
KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE
SAVE MONEY
LOSE TRACK OF TIME
BINGE WATCH NETFLIX
HELP THE ENVIRONMENT
SHOP ONLINE
SHAKE HANDS
BAKE BREAD
MAKE VIDEOCALLS
REDUCE POLLUTION
WORK FROM HOME
WEAR YOUR PYJAMAS
BUY TOILET PAPER
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WELL DONE! :)
Our life has changed a lot since LAST YEAR a year ago due to the virus.
Before the corona virus pandemic, I used to hug and kiss to my family and friends. Also, I used to go to the swimming pool three days for a week. However, too many things have changed but, we have adapted.
Even though, at first in first time, I couldn't stand didn't support wearing the face mask, I got used to wearing it. Besides, I got used to being at home more time than before.
I avoid visiting my friends, although we are used to not meeting due to the virus.
We are used to having have a curfew.
In the quarantine, I got used to making make video calls with my children.
To tell the truth, I'm looking forward to kissing and hugging to my family.
I hope that the vaccine works properly and we get our LIVES life back.

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FANTASTIC! :)
"Incredibly adaptable "
One of the things the 2020 pandemic has reminded us is we humans are incredibly adaptable. Due to the pandemic we are going through, we have changed many things.
Before the coronavirus pandemic, I used to hug and kiss my friends and family. Also, I used to meet once A week with my friends and so on. However, we have adapted.
During the lockdown, I got used to watching tutorials and also I got used to making video-calls, though (the) TECHNOLOGY tecnology is not my cup of tea.
We have adopted new habits .I always remember to carry my mask and I am used to keeping a safe distance .
Besides , now, I try to not visit my friends and for example if I go to a restaurant I avoid BEING to be inside the PREMISES local, I always reserve a table outside. In addition, I am used to having a curfew.
To be honest, I am looking forward to travelling and dancing in a party.
For that reason, to overcome this, we need to have the vaccine if we want to come back to our normal lives.

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CONGRATULATIONS! :)
Yes, there is a before and after in the way of leading life. Before the pandemic and during the pandemic. This virus stopped us. It's making us rethink a lot of things that were normal before.
I used to do yoga with a lot of people in a gym near my house. Today we each do it in our homes and see each other through video conferences. It is awful!
When we were self-isolating self-ospñating at home I got used to having a daily routine. like getting up, having quality time with my children. Everything we did was with conscience. you know?!
Unfortunately, I think I am used to not saying hi on the street with hugs and kisses. I am also used to wearing a mask.
When this is over I am looking forward to hugging and kissing to everyone, having a great party with many people, who I haven´t been able to see in this last year.

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WELL DONE! :)
The lockdown due to the coronavirus has meant a radical change in my habits and my lifestyle. After the coronavirus, we will not be the same. Many of us find it more difficult to relate, leave the house, go shopping with the joy of before or have a beer on a terrace.

Before the pandemic, I used to get up early and go to the gym to get active. Also, I used to meet my friends once a week for a beer and watch football or even go to the stadium.

And the lockdown came and I had to get used to DOING do exercise at home and we got used to seeing each other through video calls and even football stopped.

Now we will have to get used to a new way of socialising. However, there is something that I am not used to DOING do. I used to give my friends a huge hug. This was a way to fill myself with energy. I got used to not kissing when I meet a person, but even now, I haven't gotten used to not hugging my closest friends. I need this HUG huge.

I know that there are many habits that will not change when we achieve a certain immunity, but if I could change one of these norms, it would be to be able to hug each other.
I am looking forward to doing...

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WELL DONE! :)
Unfortunately, due to the coronavirus OUR out daily ROUTINE rutine and OUR out schedules have changed and we have had to adapt to A new situation.
Before the pandemic, I USED use to meet with my friends in bars and then we danced and I USED use to kiss and hug to my family and friends. During the lockdown I got used to clapping for carers at 7 pm with my neighbours from our windows, I got used TO wearing pyjamas all day and I was USED TO binge WATCHING watch Netflix.
Nowadays I am used wearing my face mask but in my JOB jon wearing the face mask is a bit uncomfortable and of course I am used TO keeping a safe distance when I GET got out.
When this situation is over, I hope this is soon I am looking forward to meeting with all my family and eating all together.

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BRILLIANT! :)
2020 was the year WHEN where our lives changed completely. The arrival of a new and dangerous virus forced us to live in a totally different way.
Before the coronavirus pandemic, I used to enjoy our lives without fear. I used to go out with friends one or two days a week. Also, I used to meet with my family to FOR lunch some Saturdays a month. Besides, I used to go shopping or TO THE cinema and I used to feel comfortable with people around me, but this changed completely.

During the lockdown, we had adopted new habits. We got used to doing new things to protect our lives and our families. Spending more time at home wasn’t difficult for me. I have everything I need to stay at home happily and comfortable as a fridge, a TV, Internet, books, a terrace and so on. I got used to wearing A mask if I had to go outside. Also, I got used to washing my hands very well all the time with soap or hydro-alcoholic GEL / SANITIZER and maintain the distance with other people. This means no kiss NOR no hugs. We had to follow a series of rules to avoid infection and this was very stressful for me, because in my case, I live with my grandmother so, I WAS AFRAID OF/ I FEARED INFECTING had feared to infect her.

Now, a year later, I am used to wearing A mask and washing my hands with hand sanitizer all the time. Besides, I am used to STAYING stay at home. I try to avoid places with many people and I meet with friends and family very few times. However, If I could change something I would like to extend the curfew a little LONGER later.

I hope new vaccines work and help us to come back to our normal lives. I am looking forward to travelling, HUGGING hug my family and going out with friends without restrictionS and without feeling fear.  But, IN ORDER TO HAVE ALL OF THOSE THINGS for this, we need to be responsible, respect the rules and be less self-centred and more empathetic.

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AMAZING, CONGRATULATIONS! :)
If I take a look on the last year, I will realise that my life has changed in many different ways since the pandemic has started. My current daily life is totally different to how I used to live before the Covid-19 started spreading in our country.

For example, before March I didn't use to wear masks, use hand sanitiser or keep social distance. However, I used to meet my friends and we used to talk without a safe distance. I also used to give hugs and kisses to my friends, travel, go to parties, shake hands...

But everything changed a year ago. I have adapted to this new normality, I reckon. I got used to wearing a mask all day and I also got used to keeping social distance with people. Sadly, we got used to being at home 24/7, ALL DAY LONG, 24 HOURS A DAY for the 24 hours of the day and wearing pyjamas all day. Some people also got used to binge eating and not doing sports, although THAT'S NOT MY CASE. I'm very happy because I got used to doing sport and doing healthy activities at home.

I will always remember that only in a few weeks I got used to having online classes and doing online homework. I have to say that at first, me and my classmates AND I felt like a dog with two tails, because we thought that online classes would be like a piece of cake. But there are always two sides of a coin; it was easier than normal classes, but it wasn’t funny and we didn’t learn much because teachers couldn't teach us new things.

From my point of view, the best part of the lockdown was that people had a lot of free time, and they started looking for funny ideas to do at home WITH whit their family. For example, I got used to watching YouTube tutorials for doing handicrafts. Surprisingly, I got used to baking bread with my father, but being honest, cooking is not my cup of tea.

Nowadays, we are used to watching the Minister of Health on the TV or hearing about vaccines on the radio.

Now that people ARE is getting vaccinated and we are thinking about the ´´normal life`` that we used to have before Covid-19 started spreading, I’m looking forward to traveling, having fun...

I hope that 2022 will be a nice year and we can get back the normality.

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WELL DONE AND WELL PLAYED!! ;)
When I look back at my recent past it´s just amazing how things have changed. Let´s make a trip down memory lane. Before the pandemic, we didn´t use to have a curfew to be at home early at night, did we? I used to meet with our friends without worrying about what time I had to go home. I useD to hug our friends, family, kiss everyone, shake hands, etc. I didn’t use to wear masks, I WE didn´t use to wash our hands with hydro alcoholic gel in almost every step that I did. Nowadays, everything HAS changeD, since one year ago FROM LAST YEAR to our actual  CURRENT days, life is very different. I have adapted. I got used to wearing masks. I got used to not hugging or kissing. I got used to being at home all the time. We got used to washing our hands with hydro alcoholic gel. We got used to having a curfew to be at home all night long. We have adopted new habits. We stopped hugging and kissing. We always remember to carry our mask. We avoid touching each other. Now we are used to seeing each other on video calls.   People are used to keeping a safe distance and to using hand sanitiser all the time. Most of us are now used to having dinner early. We are used to not meeting friends at night. People are used to coming back home before the curfew. During the lockdown, we used to WAIT IN enormous queues WHEN WE WENT SHOPPING, we used to pass time with our family doing many things together, we used to listen to the music with our neighbours and clap for our careRs at 7 pm, we used to listen to the radio, lighting a flashlight to light up the sky to remember the dead people of coronavirus, every Saturday at 9 pm.  It's been a year and we are looking forward to going out again. We are looking forward to hugging and touching and kissing again. Those things will come back. With the vaccines, we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. So, let's take this opportunity to reflect on what we have lost and what we will soon recover. By the end of 2021, over 70% of the population will have been vaccinated. Before this year finishes, we will have recovered our lives back. Fingers crossed.

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FANTASTIC! WELL DONE!
The year 2020, was a year full of projects and hopes. Not in my worst dreams, I COULD HAVE imagineD what was going to happen to us just three months after starting it.

Suddenly, in March the government declared a state of alarm for the management of the health crisis caused by COVID-19. At that time my life changed completely, because I used to visit my friends and family often and give them hugs and kisses.
Also, every summer I used to travel with my family and this year we couldn't leave the island.

During lockdown, I got used to wearing a mask and learning to smile with my eyes.
I get GOT used to spending more time at home and enjoying simple things like cooking, enjoying a sunset on the roof, playing with my family ... In addition, I also get GOT used to talking with my family and friends through video calls.
Perhaps, what has cost me the most to get used to is maintaining a safe distance and not hugging my family and friends. In addition, it has also been difficult for me to get used to not lowering my mask so that they understand me in certain situations.

Now, a year later, I usually wear a mask and use the hydroalcoholic gel all the time. Also, I try to keep a safe distance and I AM USED TO avoidING places with a lot of people.
On the other hand, I AM USED TO goING out less and I AM USED TO COMING BACK earlier to comply with the curfew.

Regarding, what I miss the most now is the freedom to be able to do whatever I want.
I am looking foRward that little by little everything will change with the arrival of the vaccine against covid-19 and that soon, we will reach the normality of our lives. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING WHATEVER I WANT. Although sometimes I think that after this experience we will not be the same again.

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LAURA, THIS TEXT IS AMAZING!! ABSOLUTELY MARVELOUS!! :)
If someone had told me that our lives would change rapidly, I wouldn’t have believed it. Now I know I was wrong. Before the coronavirus pandemic, every single one of us used to do a lot of things which we are not allowed to do at the moment like to be hugged by our family or hanging out with our friends without a face mask. Everything that we considered kind of normal is different now. Doesn’t it make you go bananas? How fast we have adapted to this new life, I reckon.

At the beginning of the lockdown, I used to feel like I lost my way and doubts were running around my head because we had constantly the goal posts moved. I used to think that there were a lot of skeletons in the closet. It was like I was frozen but the world still turned. I knew that everything would be different. I was used to going every morning to the school and spending a good time with my family at nights. Furthermore, during the quarantine I got used to doing homework from home ( I bingED ON homework to be honest), organising my time and waking up earlier in order to have a long day. I was a real early bird! While we were self-isolating I used to bake cakes so I used to watch a lot of tutorials on YouTube. One of the things that I loved was I used to wear my pyjamas all day! Also, I used to clap for careers and video call my grandmother after it.

There is a moment when you finally realise that there is no way you can change the rolling tide, we have to get used to the situation. After the lockdown I got used to wearing a mask, keeping my safe distance and washing my hands every time (Now I am used to having all the measures drilled in my head). Sometimes it is hard to get used to new things and it is acceptable: This happens once in a blue moon!

Even though it is over, I won’t look back on the past. As far as I’m concerned, we don’t WON'T do anything if we regret all the things we were not able to do before. There is a future in our lives that we cannot foresee but we will stay on course doing our best. However, I can’t deny that I´m looking forward to kissing and hugging my family, traveling to new places and of course, having fun during the process… Now I am used to being very positive! :)

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REALLY GOOD, CONGRATULATIONS!! :)
The Coronavirus has changed the way we live, making our system readjust, as if we were a computer, we have had to update ourselves to the new demands, and we have had to limit many things. For example, in my case, before the pandemic, I used to meet friends and we used to go to restaurants or music concerts. We all used to have dinner together and then go to some pubs and we used to drink cocktails, glasses of wine. It was very cool, no curfews, no fear of infecting us. During lockdown, I got used to doing homework with my young son, without a doubt, this was very complicated, exhausting, physically and mentally, because he was very young and his tasks were many and very difficult for his age. Although it seemed impossible, and it is difficult to accept the harsh changes, personally, I think, now I am used to doing an exhaustive disinfection of my clothes, shoes, work table, my home, and very importantly my hands. always every day and without exception. To be honest, I am not thinking much of myself, but rather for my children. I really believe that they are looking forward to celebrating their birthdays with all their friends, taking up their school trips, celebrating festivals, and so on.  Xiomara

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WELL DONE!
The virus has changed our lives
If I look back I see how I have changed, and I have adapted to the new situation.
Before the coronavirus I used to go with my friends to the beach and to dinner, and I used to hug and kiss my family but the things have changed and now, I AM used to wearING A mask all time and I can't enjoy as I would like. I didn't used USE to be at home for a long time and I didn't used USE to watch Netflix but now I am at home all the time, watching netflix, making bread...
However, with the pandemic, during THE curfew, we have helped the environment by reducing pollution, because we didn't used USE to drive.
I hope the new vaccine helps us to do the things we used to do.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING OUR LIVES BACK.
Carmen María

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THIS IS A MAGNIFICENT TEXT, CLAUDIA! CONGRATULATIONS!! :)
Certainly, If someone had told us a few years ago that we weren`t going to be able to hug, kiss, touch, and shake hands of WITH our family and friends due to a virus, WE would have thought it was a bad joke or maybe it was the plot of horror or science fiction movie….but unfortunately, everything changed a year ago. Our life had a radical change in our habits and lifestyle. We have adapted to the new conditions and our life became a before and after.

From my point of view, before the coronavirus, we were happy with little things and we didn`t know it. We use to kiss and hug our family and friends and used to shake hands, travel, go to parties, go shopping, meet friends, and so on, without feeling afraid.

And the lockdown came and we got used to being at home all day without being able to leave it. We had to get used to working from home and we had to take advantage of our free time doing exercise, watching tutorials on youtube, shopping online, baking bread, reading, making video calls to stay in touch with our families and friends, and why not say it, many people got used to seeing their favorite series on Netflix, binging ON snacks and wearing their pyjamas all day.

To be honest, adapting to the lockdown was a piece of cake for me because I’ am used to staying at home and I was able to adapt to the new situation. I always try to be down two TO earth in difficult situations. Therefore I think that not everything was bad during the lockdown because we helped the environment by reducing pollution and I think it was the opportunity for many people to save a little money.

Nowadays we are getting used to stopping hugging and kissing, we avoid touching each other and we are getting used to using our mask and gel sanitizeR all the time. We are getting used to having to adopt new habits and it is not easy but for the well-being of all, we must do it. I hope with the vaccine we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. When this over I’m looking forward to hugging and kissing everyone without feeling feer and I´m looking forward to traveling, having fun, and going out without restrictions. I hope that 2022 will be a nice year and we will have recovered our lives back.

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