In this grammar refresh, we're going to use the phrase would rather talk about likes or dislikes or.
Just doing what someone should do.
There's many ways we can use it.
Now we're going to go over two different situations, a situation where you're talking about something
that you yourself would or wouldn't rather do, and then we're going to talk about when you want to
tell someone else what you would rather they do.
And so the first way is when you're talking about yourself.
And for this, it's pretty simple.
You're just going to say.
Would rather was the best form of a verb that you are suggesting the person do that you want to do or
that they want to do?
Well, let's look at our examples and make this clear.
The first example is I'd rather stay at home tonight.
I don't feel like going out in this example.
You can see it.
I'd rather stay.
So here we have this word.
I'd write I apostrophe D.
That's a contraction of I would.
And so you can I would rather stay home and I would rather stay home now or you can say I'd rather stay
home to.
I'd much more quicker or much quicker, I should say, and, you know, easier to get your point across.
I'd rather stay at home tonight.
And again, this is something that you personally would like to do, the next example sentence is Jayne
would rather have one hundred job interviews and go Christmas shopping.
And so Jane would rather have one hundred job interviews than go Christmas shopping.
And so now we're talking about Jane, we're talking about what she wants to do.
And so this still says the same thing about talking about oneself.
We're just telling what Jane wants to do.
And again, it would rather us the base form of the verb and would rather have.
And then we have another further down, so I would rather have one hundred job interviews than go Christmas
shopping.
Now, if we want to.
Express our own opinion about what someone else should do.
We're going to use this would rather phrase Los.
The clause that we want the person to do in the past tense and so the verb tense is going to be in the
past tense or the past simpleton's, be exact.
But let's look at our examples.
The first one is, I'd rather you helped me out with cooking, and so I'd rather or I would rather.
And then we're talking to you and whoever you is.
And then we have.
Or helped me out with cooking, and so I'd rather you helped me out with cooking and you can see helped
is in the simple past tense.
The next example.
They'd rather me didn't spend a fortune on gifts and they'd rather me didn't spend a fortune on gifts.
Would rather or they'd rather and then me and so they'd rather me didn't spend a fortune on gifts.