English · Feelings and Emotions
Expressing likes/dislikes/preferences
Prefer ... to, would rather, and be fond of: three ways to say what you like better
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
- 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)