Be used to and get used to dice games

Be used to and get used to dice games

 

A: Be and get used to bluffing dice games

Positive and negative be and get used to sentences bluffing dice game

Roll a dice and make a personal sentence about the ease or difficulty of getting used to things following this guide:

1. positive sentence about the past
2. negative sentence about the past
3. positive sentence about the present
4. negative sentence about the present
5. positive sentence about the future
6. negative sentence about the future

Your teacher will tell you if you can use or should use one of the lists below to help you make sentences. If you can’t think of a true personal sentence, just use your imagination. Your partner will ask you follow-up questions like “Why was it so difficult to get used to…?” and then guess if your original sentence was true or not.

 

Mixed positive and negative words and expressions

Some can be used to make both positive and negative sentences. 

• able to
• almost/ nearly
• already
• can’t
• difficult/ hard/ tough
• easy
• eventually/ in the end
• difficulty
• problems
• have to
• help
• immediately/ straightaway/ instantly
• impossible
• not long
• a long time
• never
• quickly
• slowly
• still not
• take years
• only take
• too
• wish
• yet

 

Positive words and expressions

• able to
• almost/ nearly
• already
• easy
• eventually/ in the end
• no difficulty
• little difficulty
• no problem
• help
• immediately/ straightaway/ instantly
• not long
• quickly
• only take a couple of…
• only take…

 

Negative words and expressions

• can’t
• difficult/ hard/ tough
• some difficulty
• a little difficulty
• problems
• have to
• impossible
• a long time
• never
• slowly
• still not
• take years
• too
• wish
• yet

 

Play the same bluffing game, butt this time also rolling a dice to choose the topic of your sentence:

1. technology
2. things in other countries/ things from other countries/ cultural differences
3. life events/ milestones
4. growing up/ getting older
5. moving (house/ school/ office/…)
6. seasons/ weather

 

B: Be and get used to things in common dice game

Roll a dice once to decide which topic above, then try to say something with “be/ get used to” that is the same for your partner and so makes them say “Me too” or “Me neither”.

C: Be used to and get used to roleplays dice game

Roll a dice and roleplay the discussion next to that number below with your partner(s): 

1. You are managers in a company who have decided to hire some young staff. Decide which things in your company young people will have problems getting used to and so will need help with, and which things you might need to change because they will never suit younger people.
2. You are staff of a university. Decide ways to help new students adjust to university life, including topics like living away from home, studying independently, and not enjoying themselves too much.
3. You work for the town hall of this town. Talk about what things are difficult for people from other towns and countries when they move to your town, and help you can help make that transition easier.
4. One of you will go through a big life change soon. The other person has already gone through that change, so should reassure the other person and give them tips on how to adjust.
5. One of you is an interviewer who is interviewing the other person for a job which will involve major lifestyle changes, so ask them questions about their ability to cope with new situations.
6. When you are chatting at the pub, the topic comes around to what big changes you have had to cope with and how difficult that was. Try to outdo each other with your stories of difficulties getting used to new situations, new technology, etc.