Jining no.15 middle school this year's mid-term exam answers to grade three English test papers.

Do you like meat or fish?

Please give me meat.

2.prefer+ Gerund

Do you prefer to cool off by yourself or eat in a restaurant? Do you prefer cooking by yourself or eating out?

Do you like swimming? Do you like swimming?

Yes, but I prefer sailing. Yes, but I prefer sailing.

Prefer+infinitive (prefer to do sth)

Do you prefer cooking by yourself or eating in a restaurant?

I prefer to spend the weekend at home. I like spending weekends at home.

I would rather stay at home tonight.

She likes being alone.

4. like someone. To dos. I'd rather someone did ................

Their father wants them to go home early. Their father would rather they went home early.

I thought you wanted me not to knock.

Prefer a to B.

In this sentence pattern, A and B are coordinate structures, which can be nouns or both gerunds. For example:

I prefer dogs to cats. I prefer dogs to cats.

Most people prefer trains to buses.

Most people prefer going by train to driving.

I prefer writing a final paper to taking an exam.

I would rather write a term paper than take an exam.

I would rather stay at home than go out.

I think staying at home is better than going out.

Nowadays, children prefer to do their homework in the background of pop music rather than in a quiet room. Now thousands of children do their homework while listening to pop music, instead of doing it in a quiet room.

She always likes to mark her clothes instead of buying them in stores. She always likes to make her own clothes instead of going to the store to buy them.

6. I would rather+infinitive+than+(omit) infinitive (prefer .........................).

1) In this sentence pattern, the first infinitive is preceded by to, and the second infinitive is mostly preceded by no to. He would rather die than be a traitor. He would rather die than become a traitor.

Old people are usually afraid of change. They know what they are best at. They prefer to repeat their success rather than risk failure. Older people are usually afraid of change. They know what they are best at, and would rather repeat successful experiences than risk failure.

She prefers sewing to knitting. She prefers sewing to knitting.

2) instead of being placed at the beginning of a sentence:

He would rather rent a car than buy one himself.

3) After 3)than, you can also use gerund:

I would rather stay at home than go to the movies. I think I'd rather stay at home than go to the movies.

I'd rather spend the weekend at home than drive all the way to your mother's house. I think it is better to spend the weekend at home than to drive so far to your mother's house.

In prefere…rather than, you can also move before the first infinitive (prefer rather … than), which is more common in written language. For example, he would rather take full responsibility himself than let innocent people take responsibility. He would rather take full responsibility himself than let innocent people get into trouble.

I would rather be Arather than a B.

Joe prefers skating to skiing.

Bill prefers playing football to swimming.

Bill prefers playing football to swimming.

He prefers driving a car to owning his own.

He would rather rent a car than have his own. He would rather rent a car than buy a car.

6) It is occasionally seen that … instead of … to connect nouns. For example, Mr Bruner prefers chemistry to physics.

Some people think that the difference between the two is: prefere…to means the general tendency, and prefere…rather than the choice in a specific situation. What shall we drink, wine or sherry? What shall we drink, wine or sherry?

I prefer port wine to sherry. I would rather drink wine than sherry.

7) Preference+Clause

Would you like me to come on Monday instead of Tuesday? Would you like me to come on Monday instead of Tuesday?

I think someone else should do it. I think it's better to let someone else do it.

Prefer is used as a transitive verb, which usually means "prefer, prefer".

1. Preference+noun/gerund/infinitive

I prefer some apples. /I prefer to eat some apples. I prefer apples.

Prefer sb to do sth.

My father doesn't want me to swim in that river because it's too dangerous.

My father would rather I didn't swim in that river because it was too dangerous.

I prefer a among a and b.

I prefer green tea to coffee. I prefer green tea to coffee.

I prefer cooking by myself to eating out. I'd rather cook by myself than go out to eat.

Note: Note that the former is definitely used in this usage. A and b must be consistent in form, that is, they are both nouns or gerunds. No infinitives are used.

4. Would rather do something than. ...

This usage is similar to usage 3, but than can be followed by infinitive, noun, gerund or verb prototype.

I would rather stay at home than go out in the heavy rain.

I'd rather stay at home than go out in such a heavy rain.

Note: you can use goingout or going out after instead of here. I'd rather stay at home than go out in the heavy rain.

5. Object clauses tend to

Subjunctive mood is often used in object clauses.

I think we should collect more information about that problem.

I think we'd better collect more information about that.

6. Common idioms and idioms

die rather than submit

Overview of the usage of than

Instead of coordinate conjunctions, the usage is complicated and can be summarized as follows:

When 1. Instead of being used with would, it forms a sentence pattern of "would rather" ... than ... than ",which means subjective desire, that is, choose one from the other. For example:

She would rather die than lose her child. She would rather die than lose her child.

Ratherthan, when not used with would, indicates an objective fact, meaning "yes … not ……"; Instead of ... than ... "... the coordinate elements it connects can be nouns, pronouns, adjectives, prepositions (phrases), gerunds, clauses, infinitives, verbs and so on. Now described as follows:

(1) connects two nouns or pronouns.

He is not so much a sailor as an explorer. He is not so much a sailor as an explorer.

You, not me, are going camping. You, not me, went camping.

Note: when not connects two nouns or pronouns as subjects, the predicate verb should be consistent with the previous noun or pronoun, not in person and number.

(2) Connect two adjectives

The sweater she bought is more beautiful than cheap. The sweater she bought is more beautiful than cheap.

(3) Connecting two prepositions (phrases) or gerunds

We will have the meeting in the classroom instead of in the Great Hall. We are having a meeting in the classroom, not in the hall.

She prefers singing to dancing. She prefers singing to dancing.

(4) Connecting two clauses

We should help him instead of him helping us.

(5) Connect two infinitives

I decided to write a letter instead of calling. I decided to write a letter instead of calling.

Note: when than is followed by an infinitive, the infinitive may or may not take to, as in the above sentence. But when than is at the beginning of a sentence, you can only take the infinitive without to. In order not to let the vegetables go bad, he sold them at half price. He sells vegetables at half price to prevent them from rotting.

(6) Connecting two verbs

He runs rather than walks. He came running, not walking.

Note: here, it is not so much a walk as an expression of objective facts, not subjective wishes. If you walk instead, you would rather … than …

Preferable usage

I'd rather, rather, better, or better, followed by the prototype of the verb, which is often omitted as' rather, indicating a way of partial love.

Its negative form is that it would rather not do something. The number of people who would rather be used has not changed, and all people say that they would rather be used.

"Would rather+verb prototype" is a common idiom in English, and had is often used in American English. Would (had) doesn't mean "past" here, it is a modal auxiliary verb, and there is no change in part of speech and tense.

Mr. Li would rather not listen to rock music. Mr Li doesn't want to listen to rock music.

If you want to be alone, we'll all leave here. If you want to be alone, let's all get out of here.

He would rather work in the country. She would rather work in the countryside.

You'd rather stay at home and read some books tonight. You'd better stay at home and read some books tonight.

Secondly, if you choose between the two, you can use the sentence pattern "rather than".

I would rather watch TV at home than go to the movies.

The children would rather go there on foot than by bus.

Please note that 1) would rather … than …/would rather not … or vice versa: would rather not …Would rather (rather) and than are followed by infinitives without to. If the verbs used are the same, the verb after than can be omitted.

I would rather eat noodles than rice.

He would rather drink wine than beer. He prefers red wine to beer.

He would rather give up than work in such bad conditions. He would rather give up than work in such bad conditions.

2) Pay attention to the "coordinate structure" when using the sentence pattern of … rather than …, that is, use two similar words or phrases before and after than, such as two nouns, two infinitives and two prepositional phrases.

I would rather ride a bike than go to work by bus.

I would rather talk to his mother than to his father.

Third, in interrogative sentences, prefer and prefer … rather than … will come before the subject.

Would you rather stay here or go home? Would you rather stay here or go home?

Which do you prefer, apples or bananas? Do you like apples or bananas?

Would you rather read novels than poems? Would you rather read novels than poems?

Fourth, would rather+clause is a commonly used virtual sentence pattern, and the predicate is generally in the past tense, indicating present or future. It means "the best" ... or ... "and" one person would rather another person do something ". The structure of leading clauses is often omitted. When talking about past actions, the predicate is the past perfect tense.

John wants to see me today. I would rather he came tomorrow than today. John wants to see me today. I'd rather he came to see me tomorrow than today. In this sentence, came means not the past but the future.

We'd rather he paid us tomorrow.

Don't come tomorrow. I'd rather you came next weekend. Don't come tomorrow. I hope you can come next weekend.

Please note 1) If you are talking about past behavior, it means that what happened in the past is not appropriate in choice. At this point, the main clause is generally I had rather, and its (that) clause is the past perfect tense. I hope you didn't do that.

2) If only the subject himself is involved and no one else is involved, I would rather use the structure of have done instead of this clause.

I would rather go to the theatre than stay at home. I wish I had gone to the theatre last night instead of staying at home. He would rather be poor than get money by dishonest means. He would rather be poor than make money by dishonest means.

Henry prefers his girlfriend to work in the same department as him. Henry wants his girlfriend to work in the same department as him.

The difference between verbs (verb abbreviation) wouldrater/faster and Prefer/would Prefer; there is generally no difference between would rather and would faster, but they often come into contact with would rather.

Tom would rather read than talk. Tom prefers reading to talking. Tom prefers reading to talking.

Please note that 1) would rather be followed by an infinitive without to+ than by an infinitive without to+, and prefer is followed by a gerund +to+. Sometimes prefer can be followed by a noun, and after would, only the verb prototype is needed.

He prefers wine to beer. He would rather drink wine than beer.

I prefer tennis to golf. I would rather play tennis than golf. He prefers dogs to cats. He prefers dogs to cats. He would rather have a dog than a cat. Obviously, the meanings of these two sentences are not exactly the same.

3) Would rather+infinitive without to Sometimes you can use to instead of would rather+infinitive.

I would rather go by plane than by boat. I would rather fly than go by boat.

The same is true when these two structures are followed by nouns:

Example-Would you like some gin?

I prefer coffee. I would rather have coffee than gin.

Would you like some gin?

I want to drink some coffee. I'd rather have some coffee than gin.

4) I would rather/faster and I would rather be able to complete the perfect tense, but the latter needs it.

We went by boat, but I'd rather go by plane. We went by boat, but I want to go by plane. I wanted to go by plane, but my wish didn't come true. ) This is somewhat similar to the perfect form of would like+ infinitive, and the perfect form of would like+ infinitive with to also indicates unfulfilled wishes.