1. EXPRESSING
PREFERENCES

2. PREFER

3. I prefer basketball to tennis.
I do not prefer tennis to basketball.

4. HE / SHE / IT +prefer + s
He prefers a sports car to a bus.
He does not prefer a bus to a sports car.

5. prefer + Ving
She prefers going to a picnic to staying at home.
She does not prefer staying at home to going to a picnic.

6. would prefer

7. would prefer + to + V1 - rather than - V1
I would prefer to swim rather than drive.
I would prefer not to drive rather than swim.

8. She would prefer to eat bananas rather than eat strawberry.

9. would rather
would rather + V1 than+ V1

10. He would rather be a singer than be a photographer
He would rather not be a photographer than be a singer.

11. HAD BETTER
had better + V1

12. She had better take an aspirin.

13. She had better go to a doctor.

14. He had better have a rest in bed.