ASSISTANCE LEVEL 2, UNIT 8

DO YOU WANT TO PRACTICE CHAPTER  EIGHT?  

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Like / Love / Not like / Hate   + Activities

  

                         LOVE                NOT LIKE

I         +      you      we      they	love    +  hate	verb -ing	I       +        you         we        they	don't love           hate	verb -ing
he / she    +	loves   + hates	verb -ing	he / she	doesn't  love                hate	verb -ing

                        Verbs + -ing                

dance	dancing
ride	riding
ski	skiing
run	running
swim	swimming

EXERCISE

Put the words in the correct order.

Principio del formulario

1. housework. doing likes Mike

2. exercise. doing Carla hates

3. I like don't swimming winter. the in

4. My cooking. like mum doesn't

5. going on cinema the They weekend. the love to

6. going I morning. work on hate Monday to

PREFER VS WOULD RATHER

You can use "prefer to (do)" or "prefer -ing" to say what you prefer in general:

• I don't like cities. I prefer to live in the country OR I prefer livingin the country.

Study the differences in structure after prefer. We say:

• I prefer something to something else.
• I prefer to do something rather than (do) something else.
• I prefer doing something to doing something else.

•  I prefer this coat to the coat you were wearing yesterday.
•  I prefer driving to traveling by train.
but • I prefer to drive rather than travel by train.
•  Ann prefers to live in the country rather than (live) in a city.

Would prefer (I'd prefer...)

We use "would prefer" to say what somebody wants in a particular situation (not in general):

•  "Would you prefer tea or coffee" "Coffee, please."

We say "would prefer to do" (not "doing"):

•  "Shall we go by train?" "Well, I'd prefer to go by car. (not "I'd prefer going")
•  I'd prefer to stay at home tonight rather than go to the cinema.

Would rather (I'd rather...)

Would rather (do) = would prefer (to do). After would rather we use the infinitive without to.

Compare:

•   "Shall we go by train?"	"I'd prefer to go by car."
	"I'd rather go by car. (not to go)

•  "Would you rather have tea or coffee" "Coffee, please."

The negative is "I'd rather not (do something)":
•  I'm tired. I'd rather not go out this evening, if you don't mind.
•  "Do you want to go out this evening" "I'd rather not."

Study the structure after would rather:

I'd rather

do something

than (do)

something else.

•  I'd rather stay at home tonight than go to the cinema.

I'd rather you did something

When you want somebody to do something, you can say "I'd rather you did something":

•  "Shall I stay here?" "I'd rather you came with us."
•  "Shall I tell them the news?" "No. I'd rather they didn't know."
•  "Shall I tell them or would you rather they didn't know?"

In this structure we use the past (came, did etc.), but the meaning is present or future, not past.
Compare:

•  I'd rather cook the dinner now.

but • I'd rather you cooked the dinner now. (not "I'd rather you cook")

The negative is "I'd rather you didn't...":
•  I'd rather you didn't tell anyone what I said.
• "Do you mind if I smoke?" "I'd rather you didn't."

WOULD YOU RATHER…

1.- GO OUT OR STAY HOME TONIGHT?

2.- SEE A HORROR OR A ROMANCE MOVIE AFTER CLASS?

3.- GO TO A MUSEUM OR A BAR THIS WEEKEND?

4.- EAT ____________ OR ___________ FOR LUNCH?

5.- DRINK ___________ OR _________ TOMORROW 

NIGHT?