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Leave out the extra word.","Prefer and Would Rather — Sentence Building","Practise prefer, would prefer and would rather by ordering words into sentences about hobbies, shared decisions, other people's actions and past regrets.",1,"sentence_builder",[13,37,55,73,91,110,128,147,166,182,200,218],{"id":14,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":16,"explanation":17,"exampleSentence":18,"blanks":19},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-747d-9aa4-88749833821e","Arrange the words: __1__",0,"Put prefer after the subject I, then the preferred activity, to and the alternative. Here drawing names an activity; to introduces the comparison, not an infinitive. Prefers does not agree with I.","My brother prefers chess to football.",[20],{"id":21,"blankNumber":10,"options":22,"tiles":31},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-73dd-9aa4-88749775cf16",[23,27],{"id":24,"optionText":25,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-7279-9aa4-887495de99b2","prefers",false,{"id":28,"optionText":29,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-7305-9aa4-8874967cc586","I prefer drawing to photography.",true,[32,33,34,35,36],"I","prefer","drawing","to","photography.",{"id":38,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":10,"explanation":39,"exampleSentence":40,"blanks":41},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-761d-9aa4-88749a54b74d","A present-simple question places do before the subject you and the base form prefer after it. Preferring cannot follow do in this question.","Does your guest prefer fish?",[42],{"id":43,"blankNumber":10,"options":44,"tiles":51},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-75ad-9aa4-88749a1ac798",[45,48],{"id":46,"optionText":47,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-7515-9aa4-887498c37de2","Do you prefer soup?",{"id":49,"optionText":50,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-7569-9aa4-8874991d6050","preferring",[52,53,33,54],"Do","you","soup?",{"id":56,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":57,"explanation":58,"exampleSentence":59,"blanks":60},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-7779-9aa4-88749c8100f6",2,"Place would before you to form the question. For the proposed action, prefer is followed by to and the base form share, not sharing.","Would your friend prefer to join us?",[61],{"id":62,"blankNumber":10,"options":63,"tiles":70},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-771d-9aa4-88749bf1b422",[64,67],{"id":65,"optionText":66,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-769d-9aa4-88749aa88533","sharing",{"id":68,"optionText":69,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-76e1-9aa4-88749b7b1ac3","Would you prefer to share?",[71,53,33,35,72],"Would","share?",{"id":74,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":75,"explanation":76,"exampleSentence":77,"blanks":78},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-78c1-9aa4-88749dd391f8",3,"The question order is would, subject, rather and base verb. Here wait follows rather directly; waits is not a base form. The alternative need not be stated.","Would the children rather watch a film?",[79],{"id":80,"blankNumber":10,"options":81,"tiles":88},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-7865-9aa4-88749d6c69f0",[82,85],{"id":83,"optionText":84,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-77ed-9aa4-88749ccd81ea","Would you rather wait?",{"id":86,"optionText":87,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-782d-9aa4-88749d2b95b8","waits",[71,53,89,90],"rather","wait?",{"id":92,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":93,"explanation":94,"exampleSentence":95,"blanks":96},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-7a05-9aa4-88749f93999d",4,"Here I’d means I would. For another person’s action, put the object them after prefer, followed by to and the base verb cooperate. Cooperated cannot follow infinitive to.","We would prefer the teams to work together.",[97],{"id":98,"blankNumber":10,"options":99,"tiles":106},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-79a9-9aa4-88749f48934e",[100,103],{"id":101,"optionText":102,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-7931-9aa4-88749ecd50b7","cooperated",{"id":104,"optionText":105,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-7971-9aa4-88749ee655fd","I'd prefer them to cooperate.",[107,33,108,35,109],"I'd","them","cooperate.",{"id":111,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":112,"explanation":113,"exampleSentence":114,"blanks":115},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-7b79-9aa4-8874a2253dd8",5,"She performs the desired action, so place this second subject after would rather and use the past simple stayed. This expresses a desired present or future situation. Staying cannot serve as the finite verb after she.","They would rather their son studied medicine.",[116],{"id":117,"blankNumber":10,"options":118,"tiles":125},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-7b15-9aa4-8874a1a5bebb",[119,122],{"id":120,"optionText":121,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-7a7d-9aa4-8874a024ccbb","I'd rather she stayed.",{"id":123,"optionText":124,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-7ac5-9aa4-8874a11de3f4","staying",[107,89,126,127],"she","stayed.",{"id":129,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":130,"explanation":131,"exampleSentence":132,"blanks":133},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-7cd9-9aa4-8874a3e63cd1",6,"For a negative preference about another person, place he after would rather, then didn’t and the base verb interrupt. Don’t cannot agree with he and does not form the taught past-simple pattern.","We would rather the audience didn’t clap.",[134],{"id":135,"blankNumber":10,"options":136,"tiles":143},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-7c75-9aa4-8874a2ef31b1",[137,140],{"id":138,"optionText":139,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-7bed-9aa4-8874a2a5419d","don't",{"id":141,"optionText":142,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-7c39-9aa4-8874a2b379ea","I'd rather he didn't interrupt.",[107,89,144,145,146],"he","didn't","interrupt.",{"id":148,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":149,"explanation":150,"exampleSentence":151,"blanks":152},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-7e49-9aa4-8874a741d2cf",7,"Keep prefer it if in that order, followed by the second subject she and the past simple agreed. Agreeing alone cannot form the verb of the if-clause.","The manager would prefer it if both teams accepted the plan.",[153],{"id":154,"blankNumber":10,"options":155,"tiles":162},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-7ddd-9aa4-8874a695ccc2",[156,159],{"id":157,"optionText":158,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-7d5d-9aa4-8874a4d3bc5b","I'd prefer it if she agreed.",{"id":160,"optionText":161,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-7da1-9aa4-8874a5b0c458","agreeing",[107,33,163,164,126,165],"it","if","agreed.",{"id":167,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":168,"explanation":169,"exampleSentence":170,"blanks":171},"01a0e1ab-e1b7-7014-818a-288f51fd5d5a",8,"After prefer it if, build the negative clause with subject he, didn’t and base verb shout. Don’t cannot agree with he; didn’t expresses the desired situation through the past-simple pattern.","We would prefer it if the dog didn’t bark.",[172],{"id":173,"blankNumber":10,"options":174,"tiles":180},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-7f4d-9aa4-8874a8ee4465",[175,177],{"id":176,"optionText":139,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-7ec5-9aa4-8874a7ea6fc6",{"id":178,"optionText":179,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e1b6-7f05-9aa4-8874a87828ac","I'd prefer it if he didn't shout.",[107,33,163,164,144,145,181],"shout.",{"id":183,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":184,"explanation":185,"exampleSentence":186,"blanks":187},"01a0e1ab-e1b7-7174-818a-288f5429e87a",9,"For a preference about your own completed action, use would prefer followed by to have and a past participle. Apologised is the participle here; has cannot follow infinitive to.","She would prefer to have kept the receipt.",[188],{"id":189,"blankNumber":10,"options":190,"tiles":197},"01a0e1ab-e1b7-7118-818a-288f538b858a",[191,194],{"id":192,"optionText":193,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-e1b7-70a0-818a-288f52e277fd","I'd prefer to have apologised.",{"id":195,"optionText":196,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e1b7-70e0-818a-288f535fd42f","has",[107,33,35,198,199],"have","apologised.",{"id":201,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":202,"explanation":203,"exampleSentence":204,"blanks":205},"01a0e1ab-e1b7-730c-818a-288f57194d4f",10,"She is the person whose completed action you wanted to be different. Put she after would rather, then the past perfect had waited. Having cannot replace the finite auxiliary had.","We would rather the guide had explained the rules.",[206],{"id":207,"blankNumber":10,"options":208,"tiles":215},"01a0e1ab-e1b7-72a8-818a-288f566ba136",[209,212],{"id":210,"optionText":211,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-e1b7-7218-818a-288f549f2a54","having",{"id":213,"optionText":214,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e1b7-7260-818a-288f558cd380","I'd rather she had waited.",[107,89,126,216,217],"had","waited.",{"id":219,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":220,"explanation":221,"exampleSentence":222,"blanks":223},"01a0e1ab-e1b7-7498-818a-288f5894aaa2",11,"For a negative preference about another person’s completed action, use the second subject he followed by hadn’t and the participle lied. Haven’t neither agrees with he nor supplies the required past perfect.","She would rather the shop hadn’t cancelled her order.",[224],{"id":225,"blankNumber":10,"options":226,"tiles":233},"01a0e1ab-e1b7-7438-818a-288f58602147",[227,230],{"id":228,"optionText":229,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-e1b7-73c0-818a-288f574b24be","I'd rather he hadn't lied.",{"id":231,"optionText":232,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e1b7-7400-818a-288f57af7dc5","haven't",[107,89,144,234,235],"hadn't","lied.","\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_65a680d6-1105-4ad4-9df4-8c05e31a72fa_hero.webp?v=1790492533",{"title":238,"slug":239,"language":240,"level":241},"Would Rather, Would Prefer and Prefer","would-rather-would-prefer-and-prefer","en","B2"]