To talk about Preferences

 Prefer  - noun  rather than / to  noun

Ex: I prefer apple rather than pineapple

- Full infinitive full infinitive

Ex: I prefer to play football rather than ((to) play) volleyball

-ing form -ing form

Ex: I prefer dancing to studying.

 Would prefer full infinitive (to + verb)

Ex: I’d prefer to tidy up now.

 Would rather bare infinitive (without TO)

Ex: I’d rather tidy up now.

 Would rather (sb else) Past tense

Ex: I’d rather you tidied up now.

 Had better bare infinitive

(should) Ex: You’d better tidy up.

In order to = so as to = to