It’s time

1, Change the structure.

1, It's time to stop. (you) It’s time you stopped
2, It's time we went to bed. (to) It’s time to go to bed
3, It’s time we had a party. (to) It’s time to have a party
4, It’s time time to invite the Harrises. (we) It’s time we invited the Harrises
5, It’s time to clean the car. (I) It’s time I cleaned the car
2, Complete the sentences with a suitable verb!
1. It's very late. We should go home. It's time we went home now
2, It's very cold in the flat. The temperature is only 18 degrees. It's time to turn up the heating.
3, The car is running out of petrol. It's time to fill the tank.
4, The children are very sleepy. It's time they went to bed to bed.
3, Read the situations and write sentences with It’s time.
1, You think the children should be in bed. It's already 11 o'clock.
It’s time the children were in bed
2, You haven't had a holiday for a very long time. You need one now.
It's time I had a holiday
3, You're sitting on a train waiting for it to leave the station. It's already five minutes late.
It’s time train left
4, You enjoy having parties. You haven't had one for a long time.
It’s time I had a party

would rather (prefer)

4, Rewrite the second sentence in each conversation, starting with I'd rather we/ you etc.
1, 'You'd better phone Judy.' 'No, you phone her.' = I’d rather you phoned her
2, 'Let's talk things over.' `No, let's talk tomorrow.' = I’d rather we talked tomorrow
3, ’I'll phone Sue.' `No, don’t. = I’d rather you didn’t
4, 'The government wants to cut taxes.' `It would be better if they did something about the homeless.' = I’d rather they did
something about the homeless.
5, `Let's get a new car.' `No, let's spend the money on a trip around the world.' = I’d rather we spent the monex on a trip
around the world.
5, Write sentences using than.
1. (have a snack/go to a restaurant) …………….. I'd rather have a snack than go to a restaurant. …………………….
2. (go jogging/do aerobics) I’d rather go jogging than do aerobics
3. (go by underground/ take a bus) I’d rather go by underground than take the bus
4. (lie down/take an aspirin) I’d rather lie down than take an aspirin
6, Complete the sentences using would you rather I .... . Don't forget to use the past form of the verb.
1. Are vou going to do the shopping or ……would you rather I did it?....
2. Are you going to answer the door or would you rather I answered it?
3. Are vou going to collect the children from the nursery or would you rather I collected them?
4. Are you going to deposit the money in the bank or would you rather I deposited it?
7, Use your own ideas to complete the sentences.
1,"Would you like me to stay here with you?" "No, I'd rather you left……………… now"
2. Do you want me to help you with your homework or would you rather do……………. it alone?
3. I like the teachers here but I'd rather they were………….. a bit stricter.
4. I'd rather you stopped…………. talking because I want to concentrate on my work.
5. She is very thirsty so she would rather drink……………….. something now.
8, Which do you prefer?
1, (drive / travel by train) I prefer driving……………………….…. to travelling by train
2, (basketball / football) I prefer basketball to football
3, (phone people / send emails) I prefer to phone people…………………… rather to send emails
4, (go to the cinema / watch videos at home) I going to the cinema ….…to watching videos at home
5, (stay at home / go to the beach) I prefer to stay at home.…………….... rather to go to the beach

Had better
9, Read the situations and write sentences with had better or had better not. Use the words in brackets.
1, You're going out for a walk with Tom. It looks as if it might rain. You say to Tom: (an umbrella)
We ’d better take an umbrella
2, Michael has just cut himself. It's a bad cut. You say to him: (a plaster)
You ’d better put on a plaster
3, You and Kate plan to go to a restaurant this evening. It's a popular restaurant. You say to Kate: (reserve)
We had better reserve a table
4, Jill doesn't look very well - not well enough to go to work. You say to her: (work)
You ’d better not go to work
10, Write 'd better where it's possible; in other places write should.
1, 'I can't move the fingers of my left hand.' ’You’d better……………. see the doctor.' 2, Everyone in the world
should……………… get enough food to eat. 3, If you don't like cats, you ’d better…………………… not come with us
to Alice's house. 4, If you see an accident, you should …………………. make a note of the time. 5, Oh, no, look - my car
window's broken I ’d better……………… call the police. 6, Teachers should…………………. mark homework and give
it back as soon as possible.

All in All
11, Put the words in brackets into the correct form.
1, Would you like to go to the theatre this evening? – Great idea. We had better resererve……… (reserve) our seats.
2, I didn’t enjoy the exhibition very much. – me neither. I would rather they had displayed … (display) more modern art.
3, It’s high time you learned…………………… (learn) how to cook.
4, I’d rather you didn’t wear…………… (not wear) your shoes inside the house. – No problem. I’ll take them off.
5, Shall I take the lawnmower into the shed? – I’d rather you didn’t move………... (not move) it. I’m going to use it later.
6, I’m going to walk into the city centre. – Then you’d better wear..…… (wear) your raincoat. It’s going to rain later.
7, I’d rather you hadn’t told ……………………. (tell) everyone my secret at the party last night.
8, It’s about time we replaced……………………………………… (replace) the old printer.
9, Did you enjoy the concert last weekend? – No, I’d rather have gone……………….... (go) to the cinema.
10, Alan says he would rather prepare………………………………..…… (prepare) the dinner by himself.
11, Do you read many books? – No, I prefer watching…….…. (watch) television to reading……………… (read) books.
12, Complete the sentences.
1, Your friends want to go surfing but you just want to sunbathe. What do you say?
I would prefer to sunbathe rather to go surfing.
2, Your parents want you to take out the rubbish. You want your brother to do it. What do you say?
I’d rather my brother did it
3, Your brother has started playing the violin. You want him to stop practising late at night. What do you say?
I’d rather you didn’t practise late
4, Your friend has the flu. You think she should go to the doctor. What do you say?
You’d better go to the doctor
5, Your parents have offered to buy you an MP3 player for your birthday rather than the computer you had asked for.
What do you say? I’d rather you you bought me the computer I had asked for
6, Your friend has asked if you’d like to go to the beach. You want to stay at home. What do you say?
I would prefer to stay at home rather to go to the beach
7, Your friend eats a lot of junk food. You think she should eat less. What do you say?
You had better eat less junk food
8, Your parents ask if you enjoyed your visit to the museum. You regret having gone. What do you say?
I’d rather not have gone
13, Translate the sentences.
1, Legfőbb ideje, hogy összeházasodjatok és családot alapítsatok.
2, Én inkább jobban szeretnék tanulni, mint dolgozni.
3. Ideje lenne belenyugodnod a helyzetbe.
4. Álmos vagyok, úgyhogy inkább most lefeküdnék.
5, Szeretnéd, hogy segítsek vagy inkább csinálod egyedül?
6, Jason jobban tenné, ha elhagyná az országot.
7, Itt az ideje, hogy beszéljünk a részletekről.
8. Itt az ideje, hogy búcsút vegyünk.
9, Jobban tennéd, ha nem ennéd meg azt a húst. Romlott.
10. Azt akarod, hogy elkísérjen, vagy jobban szeretnéd, ha inkább itt maradna?
11. Jobban szeretném, ha erről inkább nem beszélnél senkinek.
12, Ez az emlék túl fájdalmas nekem, úgyhogy erről inkább most nem beszélnék.
13. Azt szeretném, ha inkább együtt mennénk oda.
14. Tom azt szeretné, ha én inkább kint maradnék.
15. Jack inkább most lefeküdne, mintsem hogy megnézze ezt az unalmas filmet.
16, Inkább elhagyná a szülőföldjét, mint hogy lássa, miként megy tönkre.

1. It’s high time you got married and started a family.

2. I’d rather learn than work.
3. It’s time you put up with the situation.
4. I’m sleepy, I’d rather go to sleep.
5. Would you rather I helped you or would you rather do it alone?
6. Jason had better leave the country.
7. It’s time to talk about the details.
8. It’s time to say good-bye.
9. You’d better not not eat that meat. It’s deteriorated.
10. Would you rather he accompanied you or would you rather he stayed here?
11. I’d rather you didn’t it to anybody.
12. This memory is too painful to me, so I’d rather not talk about it.
13. I’d rather we went there together.
14. Tom’d rather I stayed outside.
15. Jack would rather go to sleep now, than to watch this boring movie.
16. She would rather left her homeland now rather than see it falling apart.