Be used to & Get used to- Sentence Completion Games

Be used to and get used to sentence completion games

 

Be used to and get used to sentence completion bluffing game

Choose one of the sentences for your partner to complete, listen to their sentence, ask for more details, then guess if the sentence is true or not.

 

Be used to and get used to things in common sentence completion game

Try to make sentences using the sentence stems which true for you and your partner(s).

 

Be used to and get used to sentence completion guessing game

Fill in at least half of the sentences. Choose one that you have completed and read out just the part which you have written (not the sentence stem which was already there), and see if your partner can guess which sentence you have completed with that information.

Useful language for playing the guessing game “No, that’s not true because…” “No, that’s not possible because…” “That is also true, but it isn’t the sentence I wrote. Try again.”

Ask about any sentences which you couldn’t use, couldn’t understand the differences between, etc, then play another one of the games above.

Be used to and get used to sentences to complete

• … is easy for most people to get used to.
• … seemed weird/ odd/ strange to me, but I got used to it in the end.
• … was really easy to get used to.
• I could get used to…, but I don’t really want to.
• I had already got used to… when everything changed again.
• I had already got used to…, so it was a shock when that changed.
• I might get used to…, but I probably won’t.
• I nearly got used to..., but I never quite did.
• I quickly got used to…
• I slowly got used to…/ I gradually got used to…
• I think foreign people have difficulty getting used to … in my country.
• I think it’s more difficult to get used to… than it is to get used to living on your own.
• I think that (young) people (nowadays) have got too used to… and they would benefit from some time without it/ them.
• I thought that I would never get used to… but eventually I did.
• I wish I could get used to… (but I can’t).
• I’ll never get used to…
• I’m too used to… so I’d have difficulty getting used to anything different.
• I’m used to people … for me, so it’s a pain to have to do it for myself.
• I’ve almost got used to…, but not quite.
• I’ve never had to get used to… and I don’t think I could.
• I’ve never had to get used to…, but I think I could.
• If… changed, it would be tough to get used to it.
• If I had to…, I would never get used to it.
• If you aren’t already used to… before you get to this city, it will be difficult to live here.
• It didn’t take me too long to get used to…
• It isn’t as easy to get used to… as most people think.
• It took me months to get used to…
• It will take me a long time to get used to…
• It would be absolutely impossible for me to get used to…
• It would be nearly impossible for me to get used to…
• It would take me a long time to get used to…, so it’s lucky that I don’t have to do it.
• It’s easier to get used to… than most people think.
• My family had problems getting used to… but I was fine with it.
• Old people find it difficult to get used to…, but young people find it easy.
• People find it difficult to get used to me…
• People usually take some time to get used to my…
• The most difficult thing about living abroad would be getting used to…

 

Be used to and get used open cloze gapfill

Put one word in each gap below. Some sentences have no gaps, so can be left as they are.

• … is easy for most people to ____________________________________ used to.
• … seemed weird/ odd/ strange to me, but I got used to it ____________ the end.
• … was really easy to get used _________________________________________.
• I could get used to…, but I don’t really want to.
• I ____________________ already got used to… when everything changed again.
• I had already got used to…, so it was a shock when that ___________________.
• I might get used to…, but I probably _________________________________.
• I ___________________________________ got used to..., but I never quite did.
• I quickly got used to…
• I ________________________________ got used to…/ I gradually got used to…
• I think foreign people ______________ difficulty getting used to … in my country.
• I think it’s ________ difficult to get used to… than it is to get used to living on your own.
• I think that (young) people (nowadays) have got _____________________________ used to… and they would benefit from some time without it/ them.
• I thought that I ____________________ never get used to… but eventually I did.
• I wish I _____________________________________ get used to… (but I can’t).
• I________________________________________________ never get used to…
• I’m too used to… so I’d have difficulty _____________ used to anything different.
• I ____________ used to people … for me, so it’s a pain to have to do it for myself.
• I’ve almost got used to…, but ___________________________________ quite.
• I ______________________ never had to get used to… and I don’t think I could.
• I’ve never had to get used to…, but I think I ____________________________.
• If… changed, it _______________________________ be tough to get used to it.
• If I had to…, I would never get used to it.
• If you aren’t already used to… before you get to this city, it will _____ difficult to live here.
• It didn’t __________________________________ me too long to get used to…
• It isn’t _________________________ easy to get used to… as most people think.
• _______________________________________ took me months to get used to…
• It will take me a long _________________________________ to get used to…
• It would be absolutely ___________________________ for me to get used to…
• It would be nearly impossible ________________________ me to get used to…
• It would ______ me a long time to get used to…, so it’s lucky that I don’t have to do it.
• It’s easier __________________________ get used to… than most people think.
• My family __________________ problems getting used to… but I was fine with it.
• Old people find it ______________ to get used to…, but young people find it easy.
• People find _________________________________ difficult to get used to me…
• People usually take ____________________________ time to get used to my…
• ____________ most difficult thing about living abroad would be getting used to…

Check above. Other answers may be possible, so please check with your teacher if you wrote something different.