Secondary 4, Module 2

35. appliances
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/vocab/homeapp1.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/vocab/homeapp2.htm

listening
http://www.elllo.org/english/Games/G038-Appliances.html

42. would rather/prefer to

prefer can be followed by verb-ing:

I prefer listening to music to watching TV.

I'd rather listen to music than watch TV.

"Would rather" is very common in spoken English and is often abbreviated to
'd rather:

I'd / you'd / he'd / she'd / we'd / they'd rather…

Study these examples:

Would you like to go out for dinner tonight?
-- No, I'd rather eat at home / I'd prefer to eat at home.
Would you rather drink beer or wine?
-- I'd rather drink beer.

Note that "would rather" is followed by an infinitive without to, whereas "would prefer" requires to + infinitive.

"Rather than" means "instead of" and can be used in combination with would prefer to. Study the following:

My mother would prefer us to email each other, rather than spend half an hour on the telephone every night.


listening
http://www.elllo.org/english/Mixer/54-Color.html
http://www.elllo.org/english/Mixer/65-Vacation.html
http://www.elllo.org/english/Mixer/37-Doctor.html
http://www.elllo.org/english/Mixer/33-BigFamily.html

45. What and which - forming questions
http://www.agendaweb.org/grammar/relative_pronouns_clauses.html

56. gardening
listening
http://www.elllo.org/apu/0301/328-Gabrielle-Garden.htm