1. put the verbs in brackets into the correct form ( -ing form, infinitive with to or without to). • i’d rather …………… (swim) in the sea than …………… (ski) in the mountains. • i prefer …………… (sleep) in the hotel to …………… (sleep) in a tent. • he would prefer ……………….. (watch) tv rather than ……………… (go) to the party. • jeff would rather ……………….. (go) out than ……………. (stay) in. • they prefer ………………….. (walk) to work to …………………… (take) a taxi. • helen would rather ……………… (make) her own clothes than ……………… (buy) them. • frank prefers ………………. (play) chess to ……………….. (listen) to music. • we would prefer …………….. (paint) the house ourselves rather than ……………. (pay) someone else to do it.
• I prefer sleeping in the hotel to sleeping in a tent.
• he would prefer to watch TV rather than go to the party.
• Jeff would rather go out than stay in.
• They prefer walking to work to taking a taxi.
• Helen would rather make her own clothes than buy them.
• Frank prefers playing chess to listening to music.
• We would prefer to paint the house ourselves rather than pay someone else to do it.