牛津九年级 (9A) Unit 2

Fun with English-- 9A Unit 2 Color (Grammar A&B)

Mary

Kitty

I like doing some shopping.

I don’t like doing some washing.

I would rather do some shopping than do some washing.

I’d rather do some shopping than washing.

Kitty likes to do some cooking.

Kitty doesn’t like to do some cleaning.

Kitty would rather do some cooking than do some cleaning.

Kitty would rather do some cooking than cleaning.

I would rather do some shopping than do some washing.

Kitty would rather do some cooking

than cleaning.

would rather + do + than + do

We can omit the same part after “would rather” and “than”.

I would rather + do sth+ than+ (do) sth

I’d rather study than play games.

I ‘d rather eat western food than (eat) Chinese food.

Amy: Hi, Millie. Shall we go to Wangfujing

tomorrow?

Millie: Hi, Amy. I (1)_______( could, would)

rather go shopping in Moonlight Shopping

Mall (2) __________(than, to) Wangfujing.

What do you think?

Amy: Moonlight Shopping Mall is too far away.

I’d rather (3) ___________(shopping, go

shopping) in Sunshine Town than (4) ______

(to shop, shop) in Moonlight Town.

would than

go shoppingshop

Millie: OK, we’ll meet at Sunshine Town

Underground Station. Where do you want

to go for lunch? Do you want to have some

noodles?

Amy: I’d rather (5) _________(having, have)

Western food (6)______(to eat, than)

Chinese food. Let’s have pizza.

Millie: OK, let’s have pizza then. See you

tomorrow, bye!

Amy: Bye.

havethan

I prefer the black dress to the red dress.

wear

I prefer the white clothes to the colourful clothes.

buy

have

I prefer the yellow T-shirt to the green T-shirt.

take

I prefer the sports bag to the school bag.

I prefer staying at home to going shopping.

I prefer sleeping to going out.

Prefer+ n. /pron. / doing +to + n. / pron. / doing

• Mary prefers Chinese food to Western food.

• Mary prefers a kind teacher to a strict one.

• Mary prefers swimming to high jump.