Let’s see some other examples:
• Would you rather eat pizza or pasta?
I would rather eat pizza (than pasta).
• Would she prefer to eat pizza or pasta?
She would prefer to eat pizza (rather than pasta).
Note: Would rather can be abbreviated to “ ‘d rather”.
Would prefer can be abbreviated to “ ‘d prefer”.
Examples:
a. I’d rather eat pizza.
b. She’d prefer to eat pizza.
*Would rather and would prefer have the same structure for all the pronouns.
Exercise 1
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Complete the sentences.
1. She eat a salad than a hamburger.
2. They buy a house rather than a flat.
3. George drink a glass of whisky than pisco.
4. the client to order another dish?
5. The child not eat the onion soup.
6. Our chef would rather prepare pasta pizza.
7. I’d prefer to visit the new café go to Starbucks.
8. We would rather have cold drinks. We are cold. GRAMMAR 2 Audio 70
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When we talk about general preferences, we can use “prefer” or “like.”
We usually use” prefer…to…” and “like… better than…” when we talk about two options. These words are
nouns.