{"id":24924,"date":"2025-07-07T08:40:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T08:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/?post_type=free_lesson&p=24924"},"modified":"2025-07-07T08:40:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T08:40:23","slug":"i-used-to-vs-i-am-used-to","status":"publish","type":"free_lesson","link":"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/grammar\/i-used-to-vs-i-am-used-to\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I used to’ vs ‘I am used to’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a look at these two sentences. They sound similar, but what’s the difference?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I used to drink green tea.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I am used to drinking green tea.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Used to<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Structure: <\/strong>“Used to<\/em>” + base verb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meaning<\/strong>: Something was true or happened regularly in the past, but not anymore.
Use this when you’re talking about a past habit or routine that has now changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I used to drink green tea<\/em>“, means that, in the past I drank green tea, but now I don’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Examples:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

“Before I started driving, I used to cycle everywhere\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe used to live in London before moving to Paris.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We used to go camping every summer.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be used to<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Structure<\/strong>: verb to be (am\/are\/is\/was\/were) + noun or present participle (-ing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meaning<\/strong>: You\u2019re familiar with something; it\u2019s not new, strange or difficult for you. Use this when you want to say something has become normal or comfortable for you over time<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I am used to drinking green tea<\/em>“, means that it was strange or unusual at first, but now it\u2019s nothing of note. “I am accustomed to green tea<\/em>“, has the same meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Examples:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

“Before, I cycled everywhere, but now I\u2019m used to driving.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe really missed London at first, but now she’s used to the city.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I grew up in the city, I\u2019m not used to camping\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tip: You\u2019ll often see this one with the verb \u2018to get\u2019. This shows the process of becoming familiar with something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Examples:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

“I’m getting used to my new job.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We can’t get used to the cold weather.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It took time, but I got used to public speaking.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Take a look at these two sentences. They sound similar, but what’s the difference? “I used to drink green tea.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5101,"parent":0,"template":"","free_lesson_category":[281],"class_list":["post-24924","free_lesson","type-free_lesson","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","free_lesson_category-grammar"],"acf":{"related_posts":""},"yoast_head":"\nI use to vs I am used to | EC English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how to use "used to", "be used to" correctly with examples. Understand the difference between past habits and current familiarity.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I use to vs I am used to | EC English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn how to use "used to", "be used to" correctly with examples. Understand the difference between past habits and current familiarity.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/grammar\/i-used-to-vs-i-am-used-to\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"EC English ( EN )\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/Happy-EC-studets-walking-around-San-Francisco.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/grammar\/i-used-to-vs-i-am-used-to\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/grammar\/i-used-to-vs-i-am-used-to\/\",\"name\":\"I use to vs I am used to | EC English\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/grammar\/i-used-to-vs-i-am-used-to\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/grammar\/i-used-to-vs-i-am-used-to\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/Happy-EC-studets-walking-around-San-Francisco.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-07T08:40:23+00:00\",\"description\":\"Learn how to use \\\"used to\\\", \\\"be used to\\\" correctly with examples. Understand the difference between past habits and current familiarity.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/grammar\/i-used-to-vs-i-am-used-to\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/grammar\/i-used-to-vs-i-am-used-to\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/grammar\/i-used-to-vs-i-am-used-to\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/Happy-EC-studets-walking-around-San-Francisco.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/Happy-EC-studets-walking-around-San-Francisco.jpg\",\"width\":1620,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"EC San Francisco destination\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/grammar\/i-used-to-vs-i-am-used-to\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Learn English for free\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Grammar\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/grammar\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"‘I used to’ vs ‘I am used to’\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/\",\"name\":\"EC English ( EN )\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"I use to vs I am used to | EC English","description":"Learn how to use \"used to\", \"be used to\" correctly with examples. Understand the difference between past habits and current familiarity.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"I use to vs I am used to | EC English","og_description":"Learn how to use \"used to\", \"be used to\" correctly with examples. Understand the difference between past habits and current familiarity.","og_url":"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/grammar\/i-used-to-vs-i-am-used-to\/","og_site_name":"EC English ( EN )","og_image":[{"width":1620,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/Happy-EC-studets-walking-around-San-Francisco.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/grammar\/i-used-to-vs-i-am-used-to\/","url":"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/grammar\/i-used-to-vs-i-am-used-to\/","name":"I use to vs I am used to | EC English","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/grammar\/i-used-to-vs-i-am-used-to\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/grammar\/i-used-to-vs-i-am-used-to\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/Happy-EC-studets-walking-around-San-Francisco.jpg","datePublished":"2025-07-07T08:40:23+00:00","description":"Learn how to use \"used to\", \"be used to\" correctly with examples. Understand the difference between past habits and current familiarity.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/grammar\/i-used-to-vs-i-am-used-to\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/grammar\/i-used-to-vs-i-am-used-to\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/grammar\/i-used-to-vs-i-am-used-to\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/Happy-EC-studets-walking-around-San-Francisco.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/Happy-EC-studets-walking-around-San-Francisco.jpg","width":1620,"height":1080,"caption":"EC San Francisco destination"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/grammar\/i-used-to-vs-i-am-used-to\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Learn English for free","item":"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Grammar","item":"https:\/\/ecenglish.com\/en\/learn-english-for-free\/grammar\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"‘I used to’ vs ‘I am used to’"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/","name":"EC English ( EN )","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/free_lesson\/24924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/free_lesson"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/free_lesson"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/free_lesson\/24924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24928,"href":"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/free_lesson\/24924\/revisions\/24928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"free_lesson_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ec.itmonks.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/free_lesson_category?post=24924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}