🤔 Would Rather v Prefer? What’s the difference?

Watch out! There are 10 different grammar structures you need to know to use PREFER, WOULD RATHER and WOULD PREFER correctly. Learn them all (and get a free pdf) in this lesson, and finally learn the difference between PREFER, WOULD RATHER, WOULD PREFER?
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00:00 Different ways to use MUST and HAVE TO
01:09 How to use WOULD RATHER in English
6:36 How to use PREFER in English
7:32 Prefer + ING ot TO?
8:41 How to use WOULD PREFER in English
12:05 Difference between WOULD PREFER and WOULD RATHER
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Look at this I'd rather be with you, or I'd prefer to be with you. Are they both correct? And what about this? I prefer working in the evening, or I prefer to work in the evening. Do they both mean the same thing?
Let's find out.
OK, listen, we have four different grammar structures for would rather and six different grammar structures for prefer. So you're really going to need today's worksheet. It's free. You can download it by clicking up there or in the description and that comes with a summary of all the structures, the examples and a test to see if you've mastered this topic. Okay, so is there any difference between these two verbs would rather and prefer?
Well, before we answer that, let's first have a look at how we use each one. And we're going to start with would rather.
Now, I said that there are many different structures for using would rather. And the reason is that it depends if we're talking in the present or if we're talking in the past. Are we talking about present preferences or are we talking about past preferences and regrets? It also depends on whether we're using the same subject or if there are two different subjects. What I mean by this is, for example: I want to go. This has one subject - I. Or: I want you to go. This has two subjects - I and you.
So let's start by looking at how to use would rather to talk about present preferences with just one subject. Let's start with the easy one. And the structure for this is would rather plus the verb with would rather. Just pay attention because we often use the contraction instead of I would rather we normally say I'd, I'd rather. Instead of you would rather, you'd rather. And instead of he or she would rather we say he'd rather, she'd rather, we'd rather, they'd rather. So with that in mind, let's have a look at a couple of examples using would rather in the present with one subject. I'd rather work from home than in an office. I'd rather work from home. I'd rather work from home than in an office. I would rather or I'd rather visit Chicago than London for my holidays. I'd rather visit... easy!
Now, when the subject changes and there are two subjects in the sentence we need this structure: would rather, then the new subject, then the past simple. So it looks like this: you can cook if you want, but I would rather we went to a restaurant. I would rather we went - here the two subjects are I and we - I'd rather we went to a restaurant. I would rather they emailed me than sent me a letter. I'd rather they sent me an email. They sent is the past simple. So a tiny bit more complicated, right?
Okay, let's look at how to use it to talk about past preferences and regrets when we're using just one subject, and the structure for that is: would rather plus the perfect infinitive. Perfect infinitive... what is that? Well, basically, it's the word have and then the past participle - always have not has or will have. No, it's always have. So have spoken, have eaten, have danced.
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As he said, the structure mentioned was "have + past participle", and that is called perfect infinitive. It's always with "have", in its infinitive form. You are talking about "have/has + past participle", that would be present perfect, but in the video example it doesn't apply.

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Hii, Gerg... !¡! I appreciate it, since it's new to me. Please respond to my query! Would it be acceptable if I substitute these for those in the video? at 3:28, you can cook if you want but, I would rather, we were to go to a restaurant. at 3:51, I would rather, they were to email me then send me a letter.

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Please can you help, I have a question which is : with " would rather + subject + past tense " if I use "than" , should the verb after "than" be in the past simple too?? Which one is correct : I'd rather you took a taxi than wait or waited for a bus ???

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