HOW TO USE PREFER, WOULD PREFER AND WOULD RATHER?- Express preference in English

Watch this tutorial to learn how to show preference in English using the verbs prefer, would prefer and would rather.

[@okaliptussuzkoala1280]

This is the most perfect and detailed lesson about preferences that I have seen! ❤

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Ohh, thank you so much, I really appreciate it! I find using pictures ands visual material helps with the understanding of the grammar. Cheers!

[@damarisjoya7964]

Thanks I don’t understand my teacher Today is more clear for me

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

I'm so glad to know it helped!!!

[@GraceMedia-fv1cs]

You're really a good teacher! ☺️ Keep it up!

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Thank you so much!

[@davidgarcialara88]

I had a mess in this point and with your explanation everything is much more clear. So thank you very much. You are nailling it!

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Wow, thanks a million David, yes, this grammar point can be tricky so I’m glad my video helped you 👏🏻👏🏻. Thanks for your comment

[@marcelogondu]

The way you teach is the best !!!

[@martaalonso7281]

Muchas gracias Mónica. Me encanta escucharte y aprendo mucho contigo. Además te entiendo muy bien y eso me anima. Gracias

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Muchas gracias Marta, me alegro un monton!

[@user-vz1en7mq6u]

Hello , thank you so much for interesting lesson 🙏🙏🌼🌼

[@AZARC8]

Very useful! Thank you so much 😊

[@EnglishbySurendra]

Wow!! incredible explanation ma'am .lots of love from India.

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Thanks so very much! Regards from 🇪🇸 Spain!

[@pauladiazvillaescusa8836]

This is an useful video to remember these structures

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Thank you Paula. It is indeed as we are constantly saying what thing we prefer in English. Thanks a lot for stopping by and commenting 💗

[@JeanCarvalho12]

Thank you! I've been looking for that for ages! Thanks, thanks, thanks.

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

That is great!!!

[@mabe1203]

Thank you teacher for your excellent explanation! I can understand perfectly this subject for first time after many time. Have a good day! ❤

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

That is great!!! Thanks!

[@sivasenglishgrammar]

Explained very well.

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Thank you very much 😄

[@lourdsenoch5231]

The best and the most well explained video that used for my teaching kids

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Ohh wow, that means a lot!!!

[@dorrisleung4426]

Wow, you are definitely in your element! Great job Monica!🎉

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Woww, thanks a lot!

[@Studywithwissam]

Happy to discover your great channel

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Welcome aboard!

[@mostafaashrafma5727]

That was really helpful. Thank you so much ♥️♥️

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Great! I’m glad it helped!

[@tubatangal9007]

Thank you for the video ❤️

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Hello Tuba, you are very welcome, I hope it was useful!

[@windy_sd4731]

Hello everyone, this lesson's very useful and helpful for me , thank you teacher 😊😊 I'm from Uzbekistan ❤️

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Thank you very much, I'm glad to know that!

[@mabe1203]

Hello where is Uzbekistan ❤️

[@isabelmascaro852]

súper bien explicado!!!!! mil gracias !!!!

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Que bien Isabel, me alegro que te sirva 😍😍🎊

[@brotherkindprince4018]

Good job 👏

[@nayelimorales9657]

A helpful and great video!

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Thanks a lot Melina!!! I’m so glad to hear that 👏🏻👏🏻💗

[@papemorfaye2000]

Well done

[@rhilalalalalal2456]

This is very usefull video for me. Loves from Turkey

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Rumeysa Hilal Alpaslan great, I’m glad to hear that! Take care

[@tubatangal9007]

This video is very helpful and understandable

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Ohhh, that is excellent news!!! Thanks for your comment 😍

[@hectorsolis5657]

YOU GOT ME LOST IN THE LAST PART, BUT IT WAS HELPFUL

[@simran5559]

Your class is very helpful to me I am from punjab ,india.

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

I’m so glad!!!

[@mariapaular.4237]

Thank you so much!!! It`s an excelent explanation !😁

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Thanks a million María Paula!

[@junvchie]

I was so messed up with this and this video helped me so much with this preferences..I am going to take exams about preferences but I wanted to thank you for this 20 minutes:)

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Ohhh wow, I am so happy to know that it helped you. It is a confusing topic and that is why I thought it was worth making a video. Thanks a million!

[@nangsuhtikeaung7804]

Thank you so much teacher.

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

No problem!

[@reglarojo]

Thank you so much. Very useful !!! Even though the matter is very confuse

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

HI Regla, I agree, it's very confusing, that's why I decided to make the video. Thanks for stopping by!

[@debasishpattnaik6086]

Thanks for teaching so splendidly. But one thing I would like to tell that had you focused more on the structure:" would+ rather+other than speaker+V2+other stuff..", it would have been better.

[@vivekkumar-fw1qz]

Superb

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Thank you!

[@Nur-to2sj]

Amazing 👏

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Thanks a million! 😍

[@seymadereli]

Thank you so muchhh

[@TheEnglishator]

Thank you so much!

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

My pleasure!

[@cherokee4151]

Very good! Thanks

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Dalva Oliveira hi there! I hope it was useful! Thanks for watching!

[@cherokee4151]

@@MonicaRedondoArias !!Thanks! Congratulation!!

[@locker8017]

Teacher , Could we use prefer for all the tenses like present, past ,future or we just use for the present tense?

[@hafssaenglish8238]

Thanks a million

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Ir welcome!

[@poyan6614]

thank you so much ma'am it helped a lot🥰❤️

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

I’m glad to hear that!!!

[@raihannajmi1785]

thank u sm, it helps a lot

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Thank YOU!

[@ossamaalbitar9559]

Thanks alot!

[@mariaclemenciapaz7872]

Super useful!!!

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Fantastic!!!

[@manikandan-m.]

Thank you ma'am.

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Happy to help!

[@urpicutipahuaman3838]

Thank youuu so muuch

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

My pleasure

[@Giovanna-ri6fn]

Thanks !

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

You’re welcome Giovanna! I hope it helped ❤️🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@Jakee892]

Teacher, can I use " I'd rather driving rather than walking"? Please 🙏

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Hi there! That sentence is not entirely correct. You should say “ I’d rather drive than walk “. With “ would rather”, we use the infinitive without “to” and in the second part of the sentence we don’t need to repeat “rather”, we simple use “than” and the infinitive without “to” again. For example, “I’d rather stay at home than go out”, “I’d rather talk to her than text her”. Hope it helps!

[@papemorfaye2000]

Great

[@dorothy2243]

thanks! this video helped me so much

[@hawraaalhilali1092]

great ! thank you .

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

No problem!

[@alfredovalenciagarcia7245]

Hi, I have a question how it would be with the example I would prefer tea to coffee???🤔

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Hi alfredo valencia garcía ! Thanks for stopping by! With “would prefer” it’d be more common to say “i’d prefer tea rather than coffee”. With general preferences we would say “I prefer tea to coffee”, but with specific preferences, it normally goes with “rather than”. I hope it helps!

[@authman-alshibly]

In the example: " I would rather my daughter went on studying than start working", isn't it wrong to say "start"? Shouldn't it be "started"?

[@Studywithwissam]

I can't thank you enough

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

You are really kind, I appreciate it!

[@afrod-knowledgecenter9998]

Love it

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Great 👍

[@selimsaglam1020]

This is the best lesson for teaching preferences. No doubt , very detailed and brief. Thanks a lot

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Thank you Selim, your words mean a lot 🥰🥰👏🏻

[@parithvirajmeena2436]

Hello mam I am from India but I can understand ,

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

That is excellent!

[@pablopicasso231]

Could you please tell me whether I should say I'd prefer tea to coffee or I'd prefer tea rather than coffee?

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Hi there! I guess you could use both! :-)

[@shahzadraza9132]

Ma'am, I have question regarding using two different subjects.. Please look at the sentence below... She would rather I stayed at home than go/ went to the cinema Please let me know if I should use go or went in the second part of the sentence..

[@shanusha4778]

I prefer dancing to listening to music Would you rather travell by train than bus

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

You got it! 👍

[@ahmadjayalaksana3737]

great

[@cbel3611]

Hi There are not mistake at 16 min of the video in the exercice "re-write". In the 3rd phrase it is writing "rather than "with would rather..? This is normal?

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Hello there! Yess, sorry about that, it was a typo and didn't realize until one of my subscribers told me in another comment. Thanks for noticing, that means you are really paying attention and really understood the grammar point, well done indeed!

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

It should be " *I'd rather invest in Portugal than in Brazil".*

[@cbel3611]

@@MonicaRedondoArias thank you are the best

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

@@cbel3611 have a great day!

[@albertogamarramagan4258]

👍

[@AnnaRybalka-kb5rv]

Is it necessary to use "to" after rather than. For example, i'd prefer to take a taxi rather than to go to school

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Hello! After "rather than" we use the bare infinitive, that is, the infinitive without to, so it should be "rather than go to school".

[@teotato2021]

Thanks

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Thank you!

[@darwinwatterson6373]

Gracias por la lección digame si would rather___than___ Prefer to___rather than___ Would prefer to__rather than__ Son exactamente iguales? podrría usar cualquiera de estas estructuras y seguirían significando lo mismo Podría dar ejemplos.

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Hola Darwin. Como explico en el video las tres se usan para preferencias pero para hablar de lo que prefieres en general usarías “prefer to” para algo mas específico , usarías las otras dos. Si quieres decir “prefiero andar a ir en coche”: I prefer to walk rather than drive. Esto es lo que prefieres siempre de forma general pero si te hicieran la pregunta concreta de “ como preferirías viaje mañana a Madrid” diríamos “I would rather walk than drive / I would prefer to walk rather than drive”. Saludos

[@josuefernandez9303]

I prefer walking rather than driving........could that be correct?

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Hi Josue, the "grammatically correct" sentence would be "I prefer walking to driving" or "I prefer to drive rather than driving". If you want to use "rather than" then you need to use "prefer to". :-)

[@lakshmanankomathmanalath]

🙏😊💙

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Thank you!

[@ClauCep]

Dear Mónica, in 15:55, the third example has a mistake, shouldn't it be "than" instead of "rather than" in its second part?

[@kevinaguilar4943]

Y si haces uno en español?

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Hola Kevin, quizás en el futuro grabe algunos vídeos también en español.

[@georgekonakaris1137]

Actually when you say that you prefer to do something it means that you want to do something at a specific time. Whereas when you say that you prefer doing something it means that you like that habit. Here are two examples:. I prefer to go for a walk in the park rather than stay in home. I prefer going out every day to being lazy.

[@kwengkweng8128]

I prefer to look at the camera rather than you or rather than to you. Is it correct?

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Hello Kweng! Your first example is right: I prefer to look at the camera rather than you 👏🏻👏🏻Well done ✅

[@kwengkweng8128]

@@MonicaRedondoArias tnx for recognizing my message maam.how about, i prefer to look at the camera instead of you?is it correct also?correct me if i'm wrong.

[@angelosumergido6801]

The 3rd question is quite equivocal because the answer that you have put there is I'D RATHER INVEST IN PORTUGAL (RATHER) THAN IN BRAZIL.. I thought if we use WOULD RATHER, we shouldn't Mention it again?? I think the answer would be: = I'd rather invest in Portugal than in Brazil. Hehe. Please rectify me if I am erroneous. ..thank you in advance. 😊😇

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Hi Angelo! Yes, you are right, the 3rd question should be “I’d rather invest in Portugal than in Brazil”, otherwise it would be repetitive. Sorry about that! I didn’t realize, 😊

[@angelosumergido6801]

@@MonicaRedondoArias Thank you for recognizing my comment and thank you helping many people who are struggling with "WOULD PREFER AND WOULD RATHER" like me. Please contunue doing this kind of content that would definitely help and enligten many non-native speakers when it comes in English😊

[@veronicainesdelamazaleon8984]

excellent thanks

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Great!

[@thehealerroyale5516]

What if I want to say that I prefer someone to do something? Can I say it like in Spanish? I mean for example: I prefer you to stay at home rather than go outside. I'd prefer you to stay at home rather than go outside. I'd rather you to stay at home than go outside. Let me know if these sentences are correct or not. Please. 🙏

[@Pat0LoKo]

Don't wanna sound like a prick but why did you say at Min 12.04 I prefer going to the cinema THAN watching movies at home. Wouldn't it be correct to use the preposition To ???

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Hi Alex. No, you are not a prick;-), not at all, just a very awake student paying attention to the video. You are right, I should have said "I prefer going to the cinema to watching movies at home. Well spotted!

[@dahmedrabea2743]

I think there's a mistake in one phrase I'd rather invest in Portugal rather than in Brazil The correct I'd rather invest in Portugal than in Brazil Isn't this true ?!!!

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Yes, you are right Ahmed, my bad! Good job 👌👌📝

[@Alejandro-pd6rw]

Can I say: Do you prefer reading or listening to music? Is it ok that structure or should I use Would you rather?

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Hi Alejandro, if you are asking in a general sense, it would be better to use prefer. Would rather is only for specific preferences, for instance “ would you rather read a book this evening or listen to music? I hope it helps

[@Alejandro-pd6rw]

​@@MonicaRedondoArias Thank you for answering !!

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

@@Alejandro-pd6rw no worries!

[@nirudevkota899]

Thank you so much Teacher ☺️❤️

[@aresdepush6700]

No entendí

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Oohh vaya! No entendiste porque la explicación está en inglés? O porque te resultó confuso?

[@aresdepush6700]

@@MonicaRedondoArias esta confuso

[@nidhinthedon886]

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[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Brilliant, I’ m so glad, thank you for your words 🙏🙏

[@brotherkindprince4018]

Good job 👏

[@MonicaRedondoArias]

Thanks so much!