Exercise 1: Direction: Use To Clues in The Brackets Below To Create Negative Sentences. Use Only Short Form

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Name: _____________ Level: ___ Date: ________________

Main Focus: Grammar (Would Rather not)


Positive Form
 She would rather note stay home.
 They would rather note take a bus.
Form
Subject + would rather + not + base form of verb (would rather can be reduced to ‘d rather)

Exercise 1
Direction: use to clues in the brackets below to create negative sentences. Use only short form.
1. (she / watch telly): ___________________________________________________________
2. (they / play video games) : _____________________________________________________
3. (I / surf the net): _____________________________________________________________
4. (you / drive a car): ___________________________________________________________
5. (he / go for a walk): __________________________________________________________
6. (we / skip a bath tonight ) : ____________________________________________________
7. (it / sleep early): _____________________________________________________________

Exercise 2
Direction: put the words below in the correct order. Subject + would rather + not + base form of verb
1. Not / tonight / sleep / rather / would / I / here. _________________________________________
2. to do / she / rather / would / not / for / a job / look . _____________________________________
3. at university/would/not/they/rather/to learn more/study. __________________________________
4. to quench thirst / would / we / rather / watch / drink. _____________________________________
5. Today / walk / rather / work / would /not/ he / walk / to. ___________________________________
6. the evening / would / people/not/rather / exercise / in: ______________________________________

Exercise 3
Direction: rewrite the sentences below using “would rather not”

1. She would like to watch TV so much. She doesn’t want to play video games at all.
 She would rather not play video games.
2. They would like to buy an IPhone, but they don’t want to buy a Nokia phone.
 _____________________________________________________________
3. Students would like to play games in the classroom, but they don’t want to stay home
 _____________________________________________________________
4. They love to drive a car, but they don’t like to drive a motorbike.
 _____________________________________________________________
5. People like to care about themselves, but they don’t usually think about other people’s feelings.
 _____________________________________________________________
6. I love to listen to music, but I don’t like to listen to lesson MP3.
 _____________________________________________________________
7. She loves to speak, but she doesn’t want to listen to others.
 _____________________________________________________________

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