I´D RATHER

The structure uses the verb in the infinitive without ‘to’. Look at these
examples:

•I would rather cook than wash the dishes.

•He’d rather visit London than Paris.

•We’d rather not go to the cinema tonight.

•We’d rather stay at home tonight.

•I’d rather go to the cinema on Tuesday.

It is used to show preference for one thing over another, for example:

I would rather eat fish tonight.

In this sentence ‘would rather’ means ‘would prefer’. You could also say I
would prefer to eat fish tonight.

‘Would rather‘ can also be used with a past tense but the meaning is
present. This is called the Unreal Past.

For example: I would rather he played football this year.

(The difference is that we have two subjects so we use a past tense. After the
second subject we use a past tense)