The document discusses different ways to express preferences in English using phrases like "would rather", "prefer", and "would prefer to". It provides examples of preferring simple over showy clothes, preferring to go to bed early rather than stay up late, and preferring to study social sciences than deal with numbers.

1. PREFERENCES

2. WOULD RATHER (V) THAN (V)
 I would rather wear simple clothes than
(wear) showy ones.
 She would rather not spend time in
tranquality.

3. WOULD RATHER (smn +S) PAST
(present or future meaning)
 I would rather you didn’t spend much
money on buying shoes. (but you do)
 I’d rather my husband cooked better
meals. (but he doesn’t)

4. PREFER (Ving sth) TO (Ving sth).
 She always prefers going to bed early to
staying up late the night before the exams.
 My brother prefers watching football
matches to playing football.

5. PREFER TO (V sth) RATHER THAN (V
sth).
 I prefer to study social sciences rather
than deal with numbers in maths.
 I prefer to travel by train rather than drive
a car to go somewhere.

6. WOULD PREFER TO (Vsth) THAN (TO) (V sth)
 I’d prefer to study social sciences
than/rather than (to) deal with/ dealing
with numbers in maths.