9A Unit2 Grammar I

would rather do something than (do) something

I would rather swim than skate.

She’d rather drink green tea than (drink) red tea.

I would rather stay at home.

Exercises1.P312. 《补充习题》 P15 Part A2

1.sleep/go out2.buy books/buy clothes3.see a film /watch TV

4.shop on weekdays/shop at the weekend5.wear jeans /wear trousers

6.eat Chinese food/eat western food

7.walk to the mall/take a bus 8.shop

with friends/shop alone

9.listen to pop songs/listen to classic music

10.have lots of cheap things /have a few expensive things

People living in cold climates would rather use warm colors than calm colors.

People living in cold climates prefer warm colors to calm colors.

I prefer the violet one to the red one.

He prefers red tea to green tea.

prefer A to B喜欢 A 而不喜欢B

She preferred listening to music to watching films.

They prefer swimming to skating

Sometimes I prefer walking to work to riding a bike.

prefer A to Bprefer doing A to doing B

Exercises1.P322. 《补充习题》 P16

1.Most Grade 9 students _____ skating to bowing. However, most Grade 7 students __________go bowing than skate.

prefer

would rather

2.About 90% of students of both Grade 7 and Grade 9 _____ ______ go shopping at the weekend than on weekdays.

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3.Half of the students ____ Chinese food to Western food.

prefer

4.Around 80% of girls _________ go to the cinema than watch TV, while 95% of the boys _________ watch TV than go to the cinema.

would rather

would rather

5.About 10% of the students _______classic music to pop songs.

prefer

6.Amy _____ to wear jeans, but she _______ to wear formal clothes before.

preferred

prefers

People living in cold climates prefer to use warm colors.

Other DifferenceWould rather 是情态动词，没有人称和时态的变化，而 prefer 有人称和时态的变化。

Speaking运用今天所学的句型谈谈某个人的喜好。