SPECIAL STRUCTURES
WOULD RATHER
1. WOULD
RATHER + BARE INFINITIVE à preference about the present/future (ΤΑΥΤΟΠΡΟΣΩΠΙΑ)
I’d rather stay at home tonight.
Dave would rather not work at the weekends.
2. WOULD
RATHER +BARE INFINITIVE +THAN + BARE INFINITIVE
à preference about the
present/future between two alternatives (ΤΑΥΤΟΠΡΟΣΩΠΙΑ)
She would
rather see a film than go to the opera on Saturday night.
3. WOULD
RATHER + HAVE+ PAST PARTICIPLE à regret /preference about sth in the past
Tina would
rather have travelled by plane (but she didn’t)
4. WOULD
RATHER + PAST SIMPLE à preference about present / future
with different subjects (ΕΤΕΡΟΠΡΟΣΩΠΙΑ
ΣΤΟ ΠΑΡΟΝ/ΜΕΛΛΟΝ)
Κim would rather Henry didn’t watch the football
match at the weekend.
I’d rather
you cooperated with us in their case.
5. WOULD
RATHER + PAST PERFECT àpreference in the past with
different subjects (ΕΤΕΡΟΠΡΟΣΩΠΙΑ ΣΤΟ
ΠΑΡΕΛΘΟΝ)
Lucy would
rather Tom hadn’t confessed to the crime (but he did)
I’d rather
you hadn’t lied to me. Now our relationship can never be the same again.
PREFER
1.
+
FULL INFINITIVE/GERUND / NOUN -->GENERAL PREFERENCE
We prefer
to eat out on Sundays.
Sam prefers
cooking on the barbeque
I prefer
Chinese food.
2.
PREFER
+ GERUND +TO + GERUND/NOUNàgeneral preference between two
alternatives.
We prefer
walking to school to taking the bus.
3.
WOULD
PREFER + FULL INFINITIVE à SPECIFIC PREFERENCE
I’d prefer
to buy the yellow sweater.
4.
WOULD
PREFER +FULL INFINITIVE + RATHER THAN +BARE INFINITIVE àspecific preference between two alternatives.
Mat would
prefer to give you a key rather than leave the garage door open.
HAD BETTER
HAD BETTER + BARE INFINITIVE à to give advice about specific
situations (There is a suggestion that if the advice is not followed, something bad will happen)
You'd
better tell her everything.
I'd better
get back to work.
We'd better
not miss the start of his presentation
You'd
better do what I say or else you will get into trouble
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