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Prefer/rather
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- 1would you prefer to eat pizza or pasta? I'd prefer to eat pasta prefer + to + infwould you rather eat pasta or pizza?
I'd rather eat pasta
rather + verb - 2I'd prefer not to eat pasta prefer + not + to + infinitivei'd rather not eat pasta
rather + not + verb - 3I'd prefer to eat rather than drinki'd rather go by metro
- 4I'd rather you did that I'd prefer her to goif is about other person the verb is simpe past (with rather)
with prefer + to be - 5Prefer something to something else I prefer football to basketball. I would prefer city to country. She prefers tea to coffee. She would prefer tea to coffee. Prefer to do something rather than do something else I'd prefer to drink tea rather than drink coffee. Tom prefers to stay at home rather than go to the cinema tonight. They prefer to drive rather than go by bus. Prefer doing something to doing something else I prefer drinking tea to drinking coffee. We prefer jogging to running. They prefer driving to going by bus.Question: What is the difference between prefer and would prefer?
We can use would prefer and prefer with the same meaning. However, the only difference is that we cannot use verb+ing after would prefer.
I would prefer football to basketball. = I prefer football to basketball.
I would prefer to drink tea rather than drink coffee. = I prefer to drink tea rather than drink coffee.
They would prefer to drive. - 6would rather is used to decide a preference when making a choice among different options. Positive Form: Subject + would rather ('d rather) + verb (base form) + than + verb (base form) I would rather stay home than go out tonight. She'd rather play tennis than sit here. They'd rather drink tea than cola. I would rather go by car. I'd rather stay at home. Would you rather have lemonade? Would she rather come with us than stay home? My father would rather drink tea than (drink) coffee. She'd rather buy a gold ring than a silver ring. I'd rather resign from my job than take a cut in salary. I 'd rather watch a match than go to the cinema.When prefering a negative option, we use "not" before the verb.
I'm tired. I'd rather not go out this evening.
We'd rather not tell a lie.
Sam would rather not talk to him.
She'd rather not say that again.
Question Form: Would + subject + rather + verb
Would you rather come with us?
Would they rather talk in English or French? - 7When we want somebody else to do something we use pronoun with prefer (me, him, them...) I'd prefer him not to smoke She said she'd prefer us to arrive no later than nine o'clock. but we use subject with would rather (I, you, we...) I'd rather he didn't smoke She said she'd rather we arrived no later than nine o'clock.For the past events:
I would prefer to have stayed at home rather than have (gone) out last night.
but
I would rather have stayed at home than (have) gone out last night. - 8Prefer prefer smtgh to stgh she prefers tea to coffe prefer ing to ing she prefers drinking tea to drinking coffee prefer to do rather than do she prefers to drink coffee rather than drink teawith would prefer we cann't use ing verb
i'd prefer to drink rather than eat - 9rather i'd rather do than waitwould you rather listen than work?
rather verb than verb
would you rather verb
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- fce Ingles (Grammar rules) Flashcards on Prefer/rather, created by mgdln10 on 05/10/2014.
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