English · Feelings and Emotions

Expressing likes/dislikes/preferences

Prefer ... to, would rather, and be fond of: three ways to say what you like better

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6 minutes

The academic content is in Arabic, as at the BAC and as in the app.

What the syllabus expects from you

  • Expressing likes/dislikes/preferences (would rather, prefer ... to, be fond of)

The method

  1. prefer X to Y vs would rather + base verb — don't mix the two patterns

The common mistakes

  • 'would rather to' (wrong: should be would rather + base verb, no 'to')

From the lesson

Two friends are talking about their evening plans.

The vocabulary

  • would rather (يفضل أن)
  • be fond of (مولع بـ)

What is not on the syllabus

  • Reciprocal pronouns, quantifiers (treated separately, next concepts)

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