Exercise 1. Which do you prefer? Write sentences using 'I prefer (something) to (something else)'. Put the verb into the correct form where necessary
1 (drive / travel by train) I prefer driving to travelling by train.
2 (tennis /football) I prefer……
3 (phone people / write letters) I……to……
4 (go to the cinema / watch films on TV) ……
Now rewrite sentences 3 and 4 using the structure 'I prefer (to do something)......'.
5 (1) ...... I prefer to drive rather than travel by train..
6 (3) I prefer to……
7 (4) ……
Exercise 2. Write sentences using I'd prefer... or I'd rather... + one of the following:
eat at home get a taxi go alone go for a swim listen to some music stand think about it for a while wait a few minutes wait till later
| 1 Shall we walk home? 2 Do you want to eat now? 3 Shall we watch TV? 4 What about a game of tennis? 5 Shall we leave now? 6 Do you want to go to a restaurant? 7 I think we should decide now? 8 Would you like to sit down? 9 Do you want me to come with you? | (prefer) I'd prefer to get a. taxi. (rather) I’d rather wait till later. (prefer) ............................ (rather) .............................. (rather) ............................ (prefer) ............................... (rather) .............................. (rather) .............................. (prefer) ............................... |
Now write sentences using than and rather than.
10 (get a taxi / walk home) I'd prefer to get a taxi rather than walk home.
11 (go for a swim / play tennis) I'd rather……
12 (wait a few minutes / leave now)
I'd rather……
13 (eat at home / go to a restaurant)
I'd prefer……
14 (think about it for a while / decide now)
I'd rather……
Exercise 3. Complete the sentences using would you rather I....
1 Are you going to cook the dinner or would you rather I cooked it?
2 Are you going to tell Ann what happened or would you rather……?
3 Are you going to do the shopping or……?
4 Are you going to answer the phone or……?
Exercise 4. Use your own ideas to complete these sentences.
1 'Shall I tell Ann the news?' 'No, I'd rather she didn't know.'
2 Do you want me to go now or would you rather I …here?
3 Do you want to go out this evening or would you rather.…..at home?
4 This is a private letter addressed to me. I'd rather you.…..read it.
5 It's quite a nice house but I'd rather it.... a bit bigger.
6 'Do you mind if I turn on the radio?' 'I'd rather you … I'm trying to study.'
UNIT 40 USED TO DO
Exercise 1. Karen works very hard and has very little free time. A few years ago, things were different.
| 1 Do you do any sport? 2 Do you go out in the evenings? 3 Do you play a musical instrument? 4 Do you like reading? 5 Do you travel much? | 1 Yes, I go swimming every day and I play volleyball. 2 Yes, most evenings. 3 Yes, the guitar. 4 Yes, I read a lot. 5 Yes, I go away two or three times a year. |
Write sentences about Karen with used to...
1 She used to go swimming every day.
2 She……
3……
4 ……
5 ……
6 ……
Exercise 2. Complete these sentences. Use used to or the present simple (I play / he lives etc.).
1 I used to play tennis. I stopped playing a few years ago.
2 Do you do any sport?' 'Yes, I play basketball.
3 'Have you got a car?' 'No, I……one but I sold it.'
4 George……a waiter. Now he's the manager of a hotel.
5 'Do you go to work by car?' 'Sometimes but most days I.. by train.'
6 When I was a child, I never……meat, but I eat it now.
7 Mary loves watching TV. She……TV every evening.
8 We……near the airport but we moved to the city centre a few years ago.
9 Normally I start work at 7 o'clock, so I……up very early.
10 What games……you ……when you were a child?
Exercise 3. Complete these sentences with use(d) to... + a suitable verb.
1 Dennis gave up smoking two years ago. He used to smoke40 cigarettes a day.
2 Liz……a motorbike, but last year she sold it and bought a car.
3 We came to live in Manchester a few years ago. We……in
Nottingham.
4 I rarely eat ice cream now but I……it when I was a child.
5 Jim……my best friend but we aren't friends any longer.
6 It only takes me about 40 minutes to get to work since the new road was opened. It ……more than an hour.
7 There……a hotel opposite the station but it closed a long time ago.
8 When you lived in London,……to the theatre very often?
Exercise 4. Brian changed his lifestyle. He stopped doing some things and started doing other things:
| He stopped | studying hard going to bed early running three miles every morning |
| He started | smoking going out in the evening spending a lot of money |
Exercise 5. Write sentences about Brian with used to and didn't use to.
1 He used to study hard. 4 ……
2 He didn't use to smoke. 5 ……
3 …… 6……
UNIT 41 EVERY OR ALL
Exercise 1. Complete the sentences. Use every + one of these words:
day room student time word
1 Every studentin the class passed the exam.
2 My job is very boring..….is the same.
3 Kate is a very good tennis player. When we play, she wins......
4......in the hotel has a private bathroom.
5 'Did you understand what she said?' 'Most of it but not ......
Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with every day or all day.
1 Yesterday it rained all day.
2 I buy a newspaper......but sometimes I don't read it.
3 I'm not going out tomorrow. I'll be at home……
4 I usually drink about four cups of coffee……
5 Paula was ill yesterday, so she stayed in bed……
6 Last year we went to the seaside for a week and it rained ……
7 I'm tired now because I've been working hard……
Exercise 3. Put in every or all.
1 Bill watches TV for about two hours every evening.
2 Barbara gets up at 6.30……morning.
3 The weather was nice yesterday, so we sat in the garden ……. afternoon.
4 I'm going away on Monday. I'll be away ..…. week.
5 'How often do you go skiing?' '…… year. Usually in March.'
6 A: Were you at home at 10 o'clock yesterday?
B: Yes, I was at home ……morning. I went out after lunch.
7 My sister likes cars. She buys a new one…… year.
8 I saw Jack at the party. He wasn't very friendly. He didn't speak to me …… evening.
9 We go away on holiday for two or three weeks…… summer.