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Expressing Preferences

This document discusses ways to express preferences in English. Some common phrases used are "I prefer X to Y", "I'd prefer to do Z", and "I would rather do A than B". When making requests or offers politely, phrases like "Would you like..." and "I'd like..." are used. The verb following "would like" is in the infinitive form. "Do you like..." is used to ask about general preferences while "Would you like..." makes offers or requests. "I'd like to have" followed by a past participle is used to talk about missed opportunities. The document provides examples of politely requesting or offering things using "I'd like..." and concludes with an activity to practice making polite

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Expressing Preferences

This document discusses ways to express preferences in English. Some common phrases used are "I prefer X to Y", "I'd prefer to do Z", and "I would rather do A than B". When making requests or offers politely, phrases like "Would you like..." and "I'd like..." are used. The verb following "would like" is in the infinitive form. "Do you like..." is used to ask about general preferences while "Would you like..." makes offers or requests. "I'd like to have" followed by a past participle is used to talk about missed opportunities. The document provides examples of politely requesting or offering things using "I'd like..." and concludes with an activity to practice making polite

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Expressing Preferences in English

There are many ways to talk about your preferences in English.


You can use some common phrases and expressions below to
express your preferences:

Questions about preferences:


 Which do you prefer, football or volleyball?
 Which do you like better, tea or coffee?
 Do you prefer hot coffee or ice coffee?
 Would you prefer to go for a walk or see a movie?
 Would you rather have dinner with me?

Expressing Preferences:
 I prefer tea to coffee.
 I’d prefer to have some water.
 I like tea better than coffee.
 I prefer reading books.
 I prefer jogging to running.
 I’d prefer living in a city to living in the country.
 I would rather go home.
 I’d rather stay at home than go out.
 I’d rather take a nap than go for a walk.
 I’d rather play football 

We use would like or ’d like to say politely what we want,


especially when making offers and requests:

Would  you  like  a biscuit with your coffee?


Can you order for Ellie? She’d  like  the Margarita pizza, please.

Verbs that follow would like are in the to-infinitive form:

Would  you  like  to listen to that again?


I’d  like  to get a return ticket for tomorrow.

We use Do you like …? to ask about preferences in general. We


don’t use Do you like …? to make offers or requests.
Compare

Would you Would you


Do you like
Do you like rice? like some like to
dancing?
rice? dance?

asks about likes asks about likes


offers some invites you
and dislikes in and dislikes in
rice to dance
general general

Would like to have + -ed form

We use would like to have + -ed form when talking about things in


the past that we have missed:

I’d like to have  watched  the football but I had to go out. (I wanted
to watch the football, but I didn’t.)

I’d like to

We can use I’d like to as a short answer to an offer or invitation:

A:

You must have dinner with us.


B:

Yes, I’d like to.


A:

Good. Is Sunday night any good?....

Practicar a pedir cosas de una manera educada.

Hay que pedir de una manera educada. Utiliza I'd like o we'd


like (o I would like / We would like). Sólo añadir el verbo si aparece
entre paréntesis al final.
Ejemplo 1:
Ask the waiter for a bottle of sparkling water.

Respuesta:
I'd like     a bottle of sparkling water, please.

Ejemplo 2:
Tell your friend you want to see the news on TV now. (see)

Respuesta:
I'd like to see     the news on TV now.

 ACTIVITY

Fill in the blanks with the correct expression.

1) Ask the waiter for a glass of wine.

____________________________________________a glass of wine, please.

2) Ask the bank manager to borrow some money. (borrow)

_____________________________________________some money, please.

3) Ask the ticket vendor to sell you two tickets. (buy)

______________________________________________two tickets, please.

4) Tell the shop assistant you want to see the black dress. (see)

__________________________________________the black dress, please.

5) Ask the waiter for some more coffee.

____________________________________________some more coffee, please.

6) You and your friend ask the waiter for the chicken. (have)

_____________________________the menu, please.

7) You and your friend tell the girl in the tourist office you want a
map.

___________________________________________a map, please.


8) You and your friend ask the travel agent for a holiday brochure.
(take home)

________________________________________a holiday brochure, please.

9) You and the other students in your class tell the teacher you
want some more English homework. (do)

______________________________some more English homework, please.

10) You and your friends ask the ticket VIP for six passes to the
disco.

___________________________________six passes to the disco, please.

Now write a poem to a special person for you, using would like and
like.

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