1. WINTER Unit2 Colour (9A) Grammar(1) Ma’anshan, Anhui Template
By Chen Yonggang
from No.7 Secondary School
Ma’anshan, Anhui

2. Self-introduction
I don’t look so strong but I like sports very much. I would like to spend one hour on the sports ground every day and I like playing basketball better than football.
In summer I prefer going swimming to playing computer games at home. I would rather enjoy hot sunshine than keep myself in a cool room.

3. would like to like…better…than prefer… to… would rather…than…
Express preferences (偏爱、更喜爱)
would like to
like…better…than
prefer… to…
would rather…than…

4. Prefer…to… I prefer blue to black. You prefer apples to oranges.
He prefers coats to sweaters.
They preferred sleeping to working.
We prefer singing to dancing.
Tom prefers swimming to surfing.
I prefer to walk home alone.
Tom preferred to think of others first.

5. Work out the rule (1) prefer A to B I prefer red to blue.
(2) prefer doing A to doing B
I prefer walking to taking a bus.
If you only want to talk about the thing
you would like to do, you can just use
‘prefer to do sth’.
I prefer to walk home.

6. weekends
watch TV
listen to music

7. sports
Kobe Bryant
David Beckham

8. At the clothes shop 1. I prefer the blue dress to the red dress.
2. I prefer white clothes to colorful clothes.
3. I prefer the sports bag to the school bag.
4. I prefer the yellow T-shirt to the green one.
5. I prefer staying at home to going shopping.
6. I prefer sleeping to swimming now.

9. Prefer…to… would rather…than… 1. I prefer to walk home alone.
I would rather walk home alone.
2. Tom prefers swimming to surfing.
Tom would rather swim than surf.
3. You prefer apples to oranges.
You would rather eat apples than
oranges.

10. WINTER Work out the rule (1) would rather do sth Template
I would rather play basketball.
(2) would rather do A than do B
I would rather play basketball than stay at home.
(3) would rather do A than B
I would rather play basketball than play football.
I’d rather = I would rather

11. dinner
cook at home
eat outside

12. shopping
a shopping mall
a small shop

13. Planning to go shopping
Amy: Hi, Millie. Shall we go to Star Shopping Mall tomorrow?
Millie: Hi, Amy. I ________ (could, would) rather go shopping in
Wangfujing ______ (than, to) Star Shopping Mall. What do
you think?
Amy: Wangfujing is too far away. I’d rather ________________
(shopping, go shopping) in Sunshine Town than _________
(to shop, shop) anywhere else.
Millie: OK. We’ll meet at Star Shopping Mall. Where do you want to
go for lunch? Do you want to have some noodles?
Amy: I’d rather ______ (having, have) Western food ______
(to eat, than) Chinese food. Let’s have pizza.
Millie: OK. Let’s have pizza then. See you tomorrow. Bye!
Amy: Bye!
would
than
go shopping
shop
have
than

14. Exercise (1) (1) Tony would rather ___ in the pool than __.
A. swim; surf B. swimming; surfing
C. to swim; to swim D. swim; surfing
(2) When I was young, I was very quiet. I preferred ___ at home to ___ out.
A. stay; go B. to stay; go
C. staying; going D. to stay; going

15. Exercise (1) (3) I prefer __ her some presents __ her some money.
A. to buying; to giving B. buy; give C. to buy; to give D. buying; to giving
(4) Some people prefer ___ bikes because
they want to protect the environment.
A. ride B. rides
C. to ride D. to riding

16. Exercise (2) He would rather go fishing than fly kites.
I prefer coffee to tea.
He prefers walking to jogging.
going fishing
flying kites
He prefers ____________ to ___________.
I like coffee _______ _____ tea.
better
than
He _______ _______ walk _____ jog.
would
rather
than

17. Practice
Wang Ming is one of my students. He likes Chinese but he doesn’t like English. He likes to spend an hour reading Chinese books every day. He likes to see Chinese films more than English films. He likes playing Chinese computer games not English games. He likes to chat with his friends in Chinese on QQ.
isn’t fond of
would like to
would rather
prefers to
would rather
prefers to

18. housework

19. Group work
Grandpa: Oh! it’s time to plan the housework, kids! I am too old, I would like to What would you like to do, my darling?
Grandma: I like … better than the other things. So I would rather… What about you Mary?
Mary: I prefer to… I think it’s much easier. Dad! Would you like to…?
Dad: Yes/No, I would rather… than…
Mom: I prefer… to… So I’m going to…
Jack: Oh, my god! I have no choice, but I don’t like…at all.

20. would like to like…better…than prefer… to… would rather…than… Summary
Express preferences (偏爱、更喜爱)
would like to
like…better…than
prefer… to…
would rather…than…

21. Homework Go over the usage of ‘would rather…than…’ and ‘prefer…to…’
2. Make up 8 sentences with ‘would rather…than…’ or ‘prefer… to…’
buy books / buy CDs
learn English / learn History
listen to pop music / draw pictures
live in big cities / live in small villages
etc.

22. THE END
Goodbye!