The document discusses different ways to express preferences and recommendations in English using phrases like "prefer", "would rather", and "had better". It provides examples of using these phrases to talk about preferences for activities, locations, foods, and forms of communication. The examples compare doing one thing versus another or doing one thing rather than something else.

1. PREFER and WOULD RATHER

2. prefer doing something
 Peter prefers driving to travelling by train.
 He always drives to work.

3. prefer doing something
 Sally prefers living in the city to living in
the country. She likes going shopping,
eating out, meeting people.

4. prefer doing something
 Andrew prefers skiing to swimming. He
goes to the mountains every month.

5. prefer doing something
 Meggy prefers living in a house to living in
a flat. She has a nice garden with
beautiful plants and flowers.

6. prefer doing something
 Sam prefers reading a book to watching
television. She has got a lot of books.

7. prefer doing something
 David prefers eating at home to going to
a restaurant. His mother cooks delicious
food.

8. Would rather do something.
I would rather eat a cold sandwich.
I ’d rather eat a cold sandwich.

9. would rather do something than
something else
 Tracy’s friends invited her to the cinema.
However, she is very tired. She would
rather stay at home than go to the
cinema.

10. would rather do something than
something else
 I don’t want to watch TV tonight. I’d
rather read a book than watch TV.

11. would rather do something than
something else
 I’d rather telephone than send an e-mail.

12. would rather do something than
something else
 I’d rather eat healthy food than junk food.

13. Had better do something
 It might rain. You had better take an
umbrella.

14. Had better do something
 You had better go to bed early. You have
an exam tomorrow.
 You’d better go to bed early.

15. Had better do something
 You don’t look very well. You had better
stay in bed and rest.

16. Had better do something
 It’s cold outside. You had better put on
your coat.