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Description
Mind Map by Almudena Alameda, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Almudena Alameda
almost 10 years ago
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Would rather / Rather
- WOULD RATHER
- to talk about the present or future
+ PAST SIMPLE
- I´d rather you didn´t go to the disco tonight
- I´d rather you didn´t go to the disco tonight
- To talk about the past
+ PAST PERFECT
- She´d rather they had gone to an Italian restaurant
- She´d rather they had gone to an Italian restaurant
- To talk about the present and future
+ BARE INFINITIVE
- The Government would rather not give
out too many benefits to young people
Annotations:
- Don´t confuse this phrase with "had better", which means "should".
- The Government would rather not give
out too many benefits to young people
- to talk about the present or future
+ PAST SIMPLE
- RATHER
- AS AN ADVERB = quite
- Before a verb of thought or feeling =
to express an opinion politely
- I rather think his recent success has gone to his head
I rather like your hair cut short
- I rather think his recent success has gone to his head
I rather like your hair cut short
- Some comediants are quite direct and indeed rather rude to their audiences
Helen´s humour is rather surreal at times
- Before a verb of thought or feeling =
to express an opinion politely
- WITH WOULD = prefer
- John says he´d rather not come with us, as he´s very tired
I´d rather go to a live show than watch a video
- John says he´d rather not come with us, as he´s very tired
I´d rather go to a live show than watch a video
- PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE = to contrast
- The jokes were about society in general rather than being purely political
Rather than stay at home, he got changed and went off to the party
- The jokes were about society in general rather than being purely political
Rather than stay at home, he got changed and went off to the party
- AS AN ADVERB = quite
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