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[Karen25]

Dear teacher,

I don't know the difference between "used to" and "be used to."How can I distinguish them, and use them? Thank you for your answering.

[wordsies]

used to - refers to something that has been done in the past, for example

"He used to go to the cinema a lot"

be used to - refers to something that is regularly done/i.e. a repetitive task
or something that is used

"you should be used to getting up early by now"
"this can be used to do task x/y"

it depends on the context mostly
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