EF2/3 Prefer/ rather

prefer – infinitive or a gerund

“She prefers skiing over skating. She likes it more.”

rather –

“She would rather V.”

V = infinitive – “to”, to stay, stay

“She would rather stay home.”

“The EF 2/3 is offered at 11 am and 7:30 pm. Joseph would rather take the class at 11 am. He prefers to take the morning class. He prefers taking the morning class.”

“I would rather see a movie tonight because tomorrow night is already busy.”

“I’d rather see a movie tonight because tomorrow night is already busy.”

I would = I’d contraction

he’s, she’s , we’re, let’s, I’ll, we’ll

Contract means to get smaller

‘ – I’ll – apostrophe

, comma  ‘ apostrophe

Would you like to have a test today?

No, we would rather do/have/write/take the test tomorrow.

No, we would rather to do/ to have/to write the test tomorrow. XXX

No, we prefer to do the tomorrow. We prefer taking the test tomorrow.

prefer, like, love, begin, hate, continue, can’t stand, dislike, start- to go, going