I prefer to drink hot chocolate rather than drink tea. Using "would prefer " The structure would prefer is used to talk about what someone wants in a specific situation, not all the time, and is followed by an infinitive verb or a noun. ですが、違いは「would rather」の後には不定詞「to」を使いませんが、「would prefer」の後には、不定詞「to」を伴います。. また、「would prefer」の後には、動名詞をとることもできます。. 例えば、下記の2つの文章は同じに同じ意味になります。. 例文. I prefer I'd prefer (it if you didn't) you not to stay at home tonight. = I'd rather you didn't stay at home tonight. I'd rather you didn't go out. vs I'd prefer you didn't go out. - Possible, yet better to say: I'd prefer you not to go out. or I'd prefer it if you didn't go out. Yes, you can use or not use "that". "I'd prefer that you don't go out". Exercise. Would rather / would prefer to. would rather or prefer. Had better / would rather. Intermediate grammar exercise: would rather, would prefer, prefer. Rather and Prefer Test. Would Prefer or rather. test. would rather exercise. WOULD RATHER/SOONER + PAST SIMPLE. We use this to indicate the speaker's preference about somebody else. The PAST SIMPLE indicates that the action (or preference) has not happened yet. WOULD RATHER (often contracted to 'd) is followed by THAT, which is often omitted, then a subject + past simple. Vay Tiền Trả Góp Theo Tháng Chỉ Cần Cmnd.

would prefer and would rather