In this task I need cross out the odd word from each lines.
I don't understand number 9.
Got?? But why?

Childhood

1___________ Childhood would used to be quite different from what it is today. Young

2___________ people didn’t use not to have so much leisure time. Today’s children may

3___________ complain about their schoolwork, but our great-grandparents would to go

4___________ out to work at a very young age. They had often been left school by

5___________ the time they were fourteen and were found a job. This meant that they

6___________ have had little free time for hobbies or leisure activities, especially when

7___________ they had been working hard all day. Of course, they got themselves used

8___________ to working long hours eventually, but it would meant that they had to

9___________ grow up quickly. Today, we are got used to having some free time to

10___________ do things we enjoy, luxury people in the past rarely were had.

Question

In this task I need cross out the odd word from each lines.
I don't understand number 9.
Got?? But why?

Childhood

1___________ Childhood would used to be quite different from what it is today. Young

2___________ people didn’t use not to have so much leisure time. Today’s children may

3___________ complain about their schoolwork, but our great-grandparents would to go

4___________ out to work at a very young age. They had often been left school by

5___________ the time they were fourteen and were found a job. This meant that they

6___________ have had little free time for hobbies or leisure activities, especially when

7___________ they had been working hard all day. Of course, they got themselves used

8___________ to working long hours eventually, but it would meant that they had to

9___________ grow up quickly. Today, we are got used to having some free time to

10___________ do things we enjoy, luxury people in the past rarely were had.

Answer

9 Today we are used to X.
During the last decade we got used to X.

Tense, the main decider.

Persuade Danial to copy his comment to an answer?

"got" is used differently on different sides of the Atlantic. "Gotten" more so.
Safest is to eliminate it completely. 
Today we are used to this.
Over the recent years we have become used to this. 
:)

Answer

Daniel - answer? Why comment?

Answer

Thanks a lot...now I get it;)

Answer

The answer to number 9 is the word "got" as you said. This is the answer because the key word in that sentence is "today." The word "today" at the beginning of the sentence signifies that we are talking about the present tense. Since we are talking about the present we would say "are used to." You cannot used the past tense "got used to" following the verb "to be."  
Just as an example, one would use the past tense "got used to" in these following sentences:
"After the first few days of vacation, I got used to the summer heat of Florida."
"We eventually got used to the loud noise of the train."
"They got used to seeing each other every day."

I hope that this helps you!

Answer

Got is wrong because it implies past tense but in that sentence, a present tense is needed because of (Today). “We got used to”  means past tense while “we are used to” means present tense to justify the “today” in the sentence. I hope this helps

Risposte · 6

Non hai ancora trovato le tue risposte?

Non perdere l'opportunità di imparare una lingua comodamente da casa tua. Esplora la nostra selezione di insegnanti di lingue esperti e iscriviti subito alla tua prima lezione!