Rewritethe

Rewrite thefollowing
followingsentences
sentencesusing
usingwould
wouldrather,
rather,
preferororhad
prefer hadbetter,
better,asasgiven
givenininbrackets.
brackets.

Youreally
reallymust
mustlose
loseweight.
weight.Look
Lookatatthe
thescales!
scales!(BETTER)
(BETTER)
You
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I dontwant
wanttotosee
seethe
thefilm.
film.I want
I wanttotosleep.
sleep.(RATHER)
(RATHER)
I dont
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WOULD RATHER Thebrakes
The brakesare
aredefective.
defective.You
Youmust
musthave
havethem
themrepaired.
repaired.(BETTER)
(BETTER)

WOULDRATHER
RATHERisisfollowed
followedbyby __________________________________________________________
WOULD __________________________________________________________
thebare
bareinfinitive
infinitive(without
(withoutto)
to) I wouldlove
lovetotostay
stayhere
hereaalittle
littlelonger,
longer,but
butI have
I havetotogo.
go.(RATHER)
(RATHER)
the I would
and than.
and than. __________________________________________________________
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I wouldrather
I would ratherread
readthe
thepaper
paper I wishI hadnt
I hadntbought
boughtthis
thisdress.
dress.ItItwas
wastoo
tooexpensive.
expensive.(BETTER)
(BETTER)
I wish
than watch the news report.
than watch the news report. _________________________________________________________
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shortform:
form:dd(Id
(Idrather...)
rather...) YesterdayI went
I wentgogototoSues
Suesparty,
party,but
butI really
I reallyshouldnt
shouldnthave
havestayed
stayedsoso
short Yesterday
long.(BETTER)
(BETTER)
long.
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PREFER __________________________________________________________
Sallywould
wouldlove
lovean
anice-cream,
ice-cream,not
notaapiece
pieceofofcake.
cake.(RATHER)
(RATHER)
Sally
PREFERisisfollowed
followedbybyaaverb
verbinin
PREFER __________________________________________________________
theing-form
ing-formand
andto.
to. __________________________________________________________
the
Itsstarting
startingtotorain,
rain,but
butdidnt
didntbring
bringmy
myumbrella.
umbrella.(BETTER)
(BETTER)
I preferreading
readingbooks
bookstoto Its
I prefer __________________________________________________________
watchingstupid
stupidfilms.
films. __________________________________________________________
watching
Oh,I cant
I cantstand
standtea.
tea.Please
Pleasepour
pourme
mesome
somecoffee.
coffee.(RATHER)
(RATHER)
InIncontrast
contrasttotowould
wouldrather,
rather, Oh,
prefer refers to general
prefer refers to general __________________________________________________________
preferences,notnotcurrent
currentones.
ones. __________________________________________________________
preferences,
I likevegetables.
vegetables.I never
I nevereat
eatfast
fastfood.
food.(PREFER)
(PREFER)
I like
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HAD BETTER I reallywant
I really wanttotosee
seethe
thefilm
filmand
andnot
nothear
hearyour
yourjokes!
jokes!(RATHER)
(RATHER)
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HAD BETTER is used to give I dontlike
likereading
readingbooks.
books.I love
I loveplaying
playingcomputer
computergames.
games.(PREFER)
(PREFER)
advice. It is formed with the bare I dont
infinitive (without to): __________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
You had better lose some KimisisPeters
Petersgirlfriend.
girlfriend.But
Butshe
shedreams
dreamsofofkissing
kissingJames.
James.(RATHER)
(RATHER)
weight. Kim
short form: d (youd better) __________________________________________________________
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Negative: had better / d better + I gotananF Fininthe
theexam
exambecause
becauseI didnt
I didntstudy
studyhard
hardenough.
enough.(BETTER)
(BETTER)
not + verb. I got
You had better (youd better) not __________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
forget the umbrella. I liketotoride
ridemy
mybike,
bike,not
nottotogogobybycar.
car.(PREFER)
(PREFER)
WISHES ABOUT THE PAST are I like
followed by the past participle: __________________________________________________________
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1. You had better lose some weight.

2. I would rather sleep than see the film.
3. You had better have those brakes repaired.
4. I would rather stay here a little longer than go.
5. I had better not bought this dress.
6. I had better not stayed so long at the party.
7. Sally would rather eat (have) an ice-cream than a piece of cake.
8. I had better brought an umbrella.
9. Id rather drink coffee than tea.
10. I prefer vegetables to fast food.
11. Id rather see the fim than hear your jokes.
12. I prefer playing computer games to reading books.
13. Kim would rather Kiss James than Peter.
14. I had better studied harder.
15. I prefer riding the bike to going by car.