  In this contribution we show that the theory of neutron transfer to the
continuum reactions is an useful tool to study different characteristics of the
single particle structure of nuclei. In one example we discuss properties of
the single particle resonances in $^{208}Pb$. Another interesting application
deals with the neutron breakup from weakly bound nuclei. Here one can use the
theoretical calculations to help establishing the angular momentum of the
decaying state which is experimentally not known.
