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Would Prefer (Prefer)

prefer  / would prefer means "to like or want someone or something more than someone or something else" 

We choose one thing between diffferent options. We can use "prefer" in 3 different forms. 

Forms and Usage

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Prefer something to something else

• I prefer football to basketball.

• I would prefer city to country.

• She prefers tea to coffee. She would prefer tea to coffee.

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Prefer to do something rather than do something else

• I'd prefer to drink tea rather than drink coffee.

• Tom prefers to stay at home rather than go to the cinema tonight.

• They prefer to drive rather than go by bus.

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Prefer doing something to doing something else

• I prefer drinking tea to drinking coffee.

• We prefer jogging to running.

• They prefer driving to going by bus.

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Question: What is the difference between prefer and would prefer?

We can use would prefer and prefer with the same meaning. However, the only difference is that we cannot use verb+ing after would prefer.

• I would prefer football to basketball.    =  I  prefer football to basketball.

• I would prefer to drink tea rather than drink coffee.    =    I prefer to drink tea rather than drink coffee.

• They would prefer driving . They would prefer to drive.

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Contractions (short forms)

I would prefer  =  I'd prefer
She would prefer =  She'd prefer
he would prefer = He'd prefer
They would prefer = They'd prefer
We would prefer =  We'd prefer
You would prefer = You'd prefer

>>> Go to the Exercise 1

>>> Go to the Exercise 2

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