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.

Exercises 1.P31 2. 《补充习题》 P15 Part A2

1.sleep/go out 2.buy books/buy clothes 3.see a film /watch TV

4.shop on weekdays/shop at the weekend 5.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 B prefer doing A to doing B

Exercises 1.P32 2. 《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. would rather

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

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 Difference Would 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。