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Two friends at a party talking about what kind of music they like.

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Expressing Preferences | ESL Conversations

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Two friends in a restaurant talking about what they like eating.

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Expressing Preferences | Likes & Dislikes

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Useful verbs to talk about our likes and dislikes.

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Rules to learn how to use correctly the verbs like, enjoy, hate, etc.

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Like + Verb-ING, Like + Infinitive, Enjoy + Verb-ING | Learn English Grammar with Woodward English

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Expressions used to make, accept and refuse suggestions.

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Making Suggestions in English - Learn English with Harry 👴 | Learn english words, Everyday english, English vocabulary words

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Apr 3, 2019 - Learn common expressions used for making suggestions in English. There are a number of phrases used for making, accepting and rejecting suggestions.

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Structure of the verb "prefer" and the expression "would prefer".

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It's apowerpoint I've prepared for my students of 3ºESO to revise how to express preferences in English.

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1. 1. How to express preferences

2. 2. Prefer... + noun + rather than + noun  I prefer coffee rather than tea.  My daughter prefers pasta rather than beans.

3. 3. Prefer ... + to infinitive / -ing forms  She prefers to stay at home tonight.  My father prefers watching TV to listening to the radio

4. 4. Prefer + to infinitive + rather than + base form  I prefer to study rather than work.  Julia prefers to cook rather than do the washing up.

5. 5. I'd prefer (not) ...(noun / to + infinitive) Would you like a book or a magazine? I'd prefer a magazine.  She would prefer to stay here with us.  I'd prefer to have pizza rather than hamburger for lunch.  I'd prefer not to go

6. 6. I'd rather (not)... + infinitive  How about a drink? I'd rather have something to eat. Would you rather stay here or go home?  I'd rather do it by myself.  I'd rather not do it by myself.

7. 7. Other expressions  I'd love ... (to + infinitive)  I'm not very keen on ...  That sounds much better than ...  I've heard it's ...

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Se ha denunciado esta presentación. It's apowerpoint I've prepared for my students of 3ºESO to revise how to express preferences in English. No hay notas en la diapositiva. 1. How to express preferences 2. Prefer... + noun + rather than + noun  I prefer coffee rather than tea.

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Here you have a blog with extra activities on expressing preferences

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We use prefer to say we like one thing or activity more than another. We can use a prepositional phrase with to when we compare two things or actions:

I prefer tea to coffee. We prefer going by ferry to flying.

We don't use than after prefer:

She prefers books to magazines. Not: She prefers books than magazines.

We can use a to-infinitive or an -ing form after prefer. A to-infinitive is more common.

She's not keen on coffee. She prefers to drink tea.(or She prefers drinking tea to coffee.)

Would prefer

We use would prefer or 'd prefer, followed by a to-infinitive or a noun, to talk about present and future preferences:

I'd prefer to go by myself. Would you prefer a quieter restaurant? She'd prefer not to drive at night.

When we want to say that we would like to do one thing more than another, we can introduce the second thing with rather than, followed by an infinitive without to:

I'd prefer to go skiing this year rather than go on a beach holiday.

When we are talking about our preferences for the actions of another person, we can use would prefer + object pronoun + to-infinitive or would prefer it if + past simple:

They'd prefer us to come later. (or They'd prefer it if we came later.)

Would you prefer me to drive? (or Would you prefer it if I drove?)

Typical mistakes:

We use a to-infinitive after prefer, not an infinitive without to: I prefer to drive. Not: I prefer drive.

Whenever I have time I like to read but I prefer not to read in the evening. Not: ... but I prefer not read in the evening.

We make comparisons using to or rather than, not just than:

A lot of young people prefer computer games to football. (or A lot of young people prefer computer games rather than football.) Not: A lot of young people prefer computer games than football.

Would rather

We use would rather or 'd rather to talk about preferring one thing to another. Would rather has two different constructions.

Compare:

same subject (+ base form) different subject (+ past simple clause)

I'd rather stay at home than go out tonight. I'd rather you stayed at home tonight.

I'd rather not go out tonight. I'd rather you didn't go out tonight

In negative sentences with a different subject, the negative comes on the clause that follows, not on would rather:

She'd rather you didn't phone after 10 o'clock. Not: She wouldn't rather you phoned after 10 o'clock.

Same subject: When the subject is the same person in both clauses, we use would rather (not) followed by the base form of the verb: We'd rather go on Monday. Not: We'd rather to go ... or We'd rather going ...

More than half the people questioned would rather have a shorter summer break and more holidays at other times.

I'd rather not fly. I hate planes.

Different subjects: When the subjects of the two clauses are different, we often use the past simple to talk about the present or future: I would rather they did something about it instead of just talking about it. (past simple to talk about the present or future). Would you rather I wasn't honest with you?

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We use prefer to say we like one thing or activity more than another. We can use a prepositional phrase with to when we compare two things or actions: I prefer tea to coffee. We prefer going by ferry to flying. We don't use than after prefer: She prefers books to magazines.

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Let's play with verbs of like and dislikes.

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Here you have some activities to practise verbs to express likes and dislikes

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exercise. This online exercise consists of 4 different exercises to practice the structure love, like, hate + ing form. I hope you like it and thank you for using it!!

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Let's practice on the difference between "Woud rather" and "prefer"

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Ficha online de Expressing preferences para grade 12. Puedes hacer los ejercicios online o descargar la ficha como pdf.