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🚇 Commuting & Public Transport • B1 Grammar (12 Mins)

Mastering "Used to" & Expressing Results with "So / Such"

Learn how to talk about your daily commute, changing habits, and travel experiences clearly.

📋 How to Use This Lesson

For the Teacher

Use this 12-minute guide to review commuting grammar, and have students check answers as a class after finishing.

Keep the pace quick and focus on how meaning changes between habits and adjustments.

For the Learner

First read the four grammar rules and sample sentences carefully to understand each pattern.

Next, complete the 12 quick practice tasks below to test your skills and lock in the vocabulary.

🚉 Grammar Station

Core Rules

Rule 1 be used to + -ing / noun

be used to + -ing or noun means that something is normal for you now, so it is not strange or hard any more.

Example: "My sister is used to the long ride to school."

Rule 2 get used to + -ing / noun

get used to describes the change from strange to normal, and it can be in any tense.

Example: "You will get used to the early start soon."

Rule 3 Contrast: used to + base verb

Do not mix up be used to + -ing with used to + base verb, which talks about a past habit that has stopped.

Example: "I used to hate the bus, but now I am used to riding it."

Rule 4 so + adj/adv vs such + noun (+ that)

so goes with an adjective or adverb and such goes with a noun (with a or an for one thing); add that to give a result.

Example: "It was such a cold morning that nobody waited outside."

A crowded underground metro platform during peak morning rush hour, orderly passengers waiting behind yellow safety line

💡 Commuter Tip: Before each task, ask yourself: is this a past habit, something that is normal now, or a result?

🚋 Commuter's Word Rail

Key vocabulary you will encounter in the exercises below

10 Essential Words

🗺️ route (n) 🚊 tram (n) 🚇 underground (n) 👥 packed (adj) ⏱️ reliable (adj) 🚫 strike (n) 🎫 pass (n) ✨ convenient (adj) 🥱 tiring (adj) 💢 annoying (adj)

A sleek modern electric tram gliding along sunny city center street tracks, pedestrians on sidewalk, bright and inviting

🎯 Practice Zone • 12 Tasks

Section 1 Choose the Correct Sentence

Select the single sentence that is grammatically correct and natural.

Question 1 Hint: (normal)

Which sentence correctly describes a habit that is normal for someone now?

____ a. I am used to taking the packed tram every morning. ____ b. I am used to take the packed tram every morning. ____ c. I used to taking the packed tram every morning.

Question 2 Hint: (change)

Which sentence correctly describes the process of adapting to a new commute?

____ a. She is getting used to commute by underground. ____ b. She is getting used to commuting by underground. ____ c. She gets used to commute by underground.

Question 3 Hint: (result)

Which sentence correctly links a cause to a result?

____ a. It is so convenient route that everyone takes it. ____ b. It is such convenient route that everyone takes it. ____ c. It is such a convenient route that everyone takes it.

Section 2 Rewrite Sentences with So or Such

Combine each pair of sentences into one single sentence using so ... that or such ... that.

Question 4 Hint: (crowded)

Combine with so:

"The underground was packed. We could not get on."

____ (Type your complete sentence here...)

Question 5 Hint: (result)

Combine with such:

"It was a tiring route. He fell asleep on the tram."

____ (Type your complete sentence here...)

Question 6 Hint: (dependable)

Combine with so:

"The train service is reliable. Everyone buys an annual pass."

____ (Type your complete sentence here...)

Section 3 Fill in the Gaps

Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word in brackets, or choose between so and such.

Question 7 Hint: (habit)

I am used to ____ (take) the tram when the weather is rainy.

Question 8 Hint: (noun)

There was ____ an annoying strike that no trains were running yesterday.

Question 9 Hint: (adapting)

We are slowly getting used to ____ (walk) to the underground station every morning.

Section 4 Chat Message Error Correction

Read each friend's message, identify the grammatical error, and type the correction.

Question 10 Hint: (past)

💬 Sam says:

"Hey! I used to taking the express bus to work, but now I prefer cycling."

Type the corrected verb phrase (3 words) to express a past habit that has stopped:

____ (Type 3 words)

Question 11 Hint: (routine)

💬 Maya says:

"My new flat is far from work, so I am not used to wake up at 5:30 AM yet!"

Type the corrected form of the verb phrase wake up (2 words):

____ (Type 2 words)

Question 12 Hint: (adjective)

💬 Liam says:

"The new monthly pass is such expensive that I might walk instead!"

Replace the incorrect word such with the single correct word:

____ (Type 1 word)

Grammar: Public Transport and Commuting

Mastering "Used to" & Expressing Results with "So / Such"

📋 How to Use This Lesson

🚉 Grammar Station

🚋 Commuter's Word Rail

Section 1 Choose the Correct Sentence

Section 2 Rewrite Sentences with So or Such

Section 3 Fill in the Gaps

Section 4 Chat Message Error Correction

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