UNIT 1

WOULD RATHER
PREFER
HAD BETTER
English B1+ Teacher: Fernando Gutierrez 09/13/2021
WOUL It is used to say
that one person
D would prefer
another or
others to
RATHE something.
Would rather is
followed by the
R bare infinitive
and than.
It is used for
current
preferences.
 GRAMMATICAL
STRUCTURE

WOULD RATHER + INFINITIVE

VERB
 GRAMMATICAL
STRUCTURE

WOULD RATHER + INFINITIVE

VERB
I WOULD RATHER DRINK COFFEE.
 GRAMMATICAL
STRUCTURE

WOULD RATHER + INFINITIVE VERB +

THAN

WHEN TWO OPTIONS ARE MENTIONED.

 GRAMMATICAL
STRUCTURE

WOULD RATHER + INFINITIVE VERB +

THAN
I WOULD RATHER HAVE DINNER THAN
LUNCH.

WHEN TWO OPTIONS ARE MENTIONED.

 GO TO THE
MOVIES
WITH ME Or
READ A
BOOK
TONIGHT
WHAT WOULD YOU RATHER DO?
 I REALLY DON’T LIKE READING,
I WOULD RATHER GO TO THE MOVIES WITH
YOU.
 COFFE
E
Or
TE
A

WHAT WOULD YOU RATHER DRINK?

I WOULD RATHER DRINK COFFEE THAN
TEA.
I WOULD RATHER DRINK COFFEE THAN
TEA.

I WOULD RATHER + VERB IN INFINITIVE FORM

+ THAN
EXAMPLE
S
PIZZA OR
TACOS?

GO HUNTING ON SUNDAY OR PRACTICE FOOTBALL

TONIGHT?
EXAMPLE
S
PIZZA OR
TACOS?
I WOULD RATHER EAT TACOS THAN PIZZA.

GO HUNTING ON SUNDAY OR PRACTICE FOOTBALL

TONIGHT?
EXAMPLE
S
PIZZA OR
TACOS?
I WOULD RATHER EAT TACOS THAN PIZZA.

GO HUNTING ON SUNDAY OR PRACTICE FOOTBALL

TONIGHT?
I WOULD RATHER PRACTICE FOOTBALL TONIGHT.
CONTRACTIO
N
I WOULD RATHER NOT TO
FLY.

HE WOULD RATHER CLEAN HIS ROOM THAN GO

SHOPPING.
CONTRACTIO
N
I WOULD RATHER NOT TO
FLY.
I’D RATHER NOT TO FLY.

HE WOULD RATHER CLEAN HIS ROOM THAN GO

SHOPPING.
CONTRACTIO
N
I WOULD RATHER NOT TO
FLY.
I’D RATHER NOT TO FLY.

HE WOULD RATHER CLEAN HIS ROOM THAN GO

SHOPPING.
HE’D RATHER CLEAN HIS ROOM THAN GO
SHOPPING.
 In contrast to
‘would rather’
prefers refer to
general
PREFE
preference, not
current ones.
Prefer is
R
followed by a
verb in the -ing
form and ‘to’.
 GRAMMATICAL
STRUCTURE

PREFER + VERB ING

FORM
 GRAMMATICAL
STRUCTURE

PREFER + VERB ING

FORM
I PREFER READING PHYSICAL
BOOKS.
 GRAMMATICAL
STRUCTURE

PREFER + VERB ING FORM +

TO

WHEN TWO OPTIONS ARE MENTIONED.

 GRAMMATICAL
STRUCTURE

PREFER + VERB ING FORM +

TO
I PREFER SLICING TOMATOES TO
ONIONS.

WHEN TWO OPTIONS ARE MENTIONED.

 RIDE
A BIKE
Or TAKE
A
WALK
WHAT DO YOU PREFER?
THEY PREFER TALKING A WALK TO RIDING A
BIKE.
 APPLE
S
Or
ORANGE
S

WHAT DO YOU PREFER?

SHE PREFERS ORANGES TO
APPLES.
EXAMPLE
S
WORKING OR DOING
NOTHING?

BREAKING BAD OR BLACK

MIRROR?
EXAMPLE
S
WORKING OR DOING
NOTHING?
I PREFER WORKING TO DOING NOTHING.

BREAKING BAD OR BLACK

MIRROR?
EXAMPLE
S
WORKING OR DOING
NOTHING?
I PREFER WORKING TO DOING NOTHING.

BREAKING BAD OR BLACK

MIRROR?
I PREFER BREAKING BAD.
 WOULD PREFER
TO

● IT IS USED THE SAME WAY AS “WOULD

RATHER”
● IT IS FOLLOWD BY “TO” + INFINITIVE FORM
OF THE VERB.
 GRAMMATICAL
STRUCTURE

WOULD PREFER + TO + INFINITIVE

VERB.
 GRAMMATICAL
STRUCTURE

WOULD PREFER + TO + INFINITIVE

VERB.
WE WOULD PREFER TO TRAVEL BY
BUS.
 GRAMMATICAL
STRUCTURE

WOULD PREFER + TO + INFINITIVE

VERB
+ RATHER THAN + INFINITIVE VERB

WHEN TWO OPTIONS ARE MENTIONED.

 GRAMMATICAL
STRUCTURE

WOULD PREFER + TO + INFINITIVE

VERB
+ RATHER THAN + INFINITIVE VERB
I’D PREFER TO WALK RATHER THAN
RUN.

WHEN TWO OPTIONS ARE MENTIONED.

EXAMPLE
S
DRINK BEER OR DRINK
TEQUILA?
I’D PREFER TO DRINK BEER RATHER THAN DRINK TEQUILA.

CONTINUE WITH THE CLASS OR HAVE A

BREAK?
I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE A BREAK RATHER
THAN CONTINUE WITH THE CLASS.
 HAD It is used to give
BETTE advice.
It is followed
by the bare
R infinitive
(without to).
 GRAMMATICAL
STRUCTURE

HAD BETTER + INFINITIVE

VERB.
THEY HAD BETTER EAT ALL THEIR
VEGETABLES.
THEY HAD BETTER CHOOSE
A CHEAPER HOTEL.
WE HAD BETTER REVIEW
ALL SUBJECTS BEFORE THE
EXAM.
YOU HAD BETTER NOT
CRY.
CONTRACTIO
N
I HAD BETTER NOT CRY.

THEY HAD BETTER NOT YELL AT THE

LIBRARY.
CONTRACTIO
N
I HAD BETTER NOT CRY.

I’D BETTER NOT CRY.

THEY HAD BETTER NOT YELL AT THE

LIBRARY.
CONTRACTIO
N
I HAD BETTER NOT CRY.

I’D BETTER NOT CRY.

THEY HAD BETTER NOT YELL AT THE

LIBRARY.
THEY’D BETTER NOT YELL AT THE
LIBRARY.
NEGATIVE
FORMS
I WOULD RATHER NOT GO OUT
TONIGHT.

SHE HAD BETTER NOT TELL

HIM.

I PREFER NOT TO EAT GREASY FOOD.

HAD BETTER
IS USED
TO GIVE
ADVICE
 ACTIVITIES

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