Expressing Preferences PREFER USE: It is used to talk about general likes and dislikes. Examples: I prefer to work at night. My best friend prefers to go to the cinema. o Rosario prefers living alone. o We prefer Roast Chicken. My father prefers comedy movies. FORM: Prefer + noun Examples: I prefer romantic movies. o She prefers hip hop music. o We prefer Mirage restaurant. They prefer soccer. Prefer + infinitive with TO Examples: I prefer to watch romantic movies. o She prefers to listen to hip hop music. o We prefer to go to the Mirage restaurant. They prefer to practice soccer. Prefer + Gerund (verb in ING) Examples: I prefer watching romantic movies. o She prefers listening to hip hop music. o We prefer going to the Mirage restaurant. They prefer practicing soccer. NOTE: Utilizamos la palabra PREFER para expresar nuestras preferencias, de manera general en cuanto a nuestros gustos y disgustos. WOULD PREFER USE: It is used to talk about specific choices in a specific situation. Examples: I would prefer to work at night. o My best friend would prefer to go to the cinema tomorrow. o Rosario would prefer to live alone in Pachuca city. o We would prefer Roast Chicken as a dinner. My father would prefer comedy movies tonight at home. FORM: Would prefer + noun Examples: o I would prefer romantic movies. o She would prefer hip hop music. o We would prefer Mirage restaurant. They would prefer soccer. Would prefer + infinitive with TO Examples: I would prefer to watch romantic movies. o She would prefer to listen to hip hop music. We would prefer to go to the Mirage restaurant. o My mother would prefer to practice volleyball. o My father would prefer to help us to do our homework. My brother would prefer to play bingo. I would prefer to write poems. NOTE: Utilizamos la frase WOULD PREFER para expresar nuestras preferencias, la cual puede ir precedida de un sustantivo o un verbo en infinitivo con TO. WOULD RATHER USE: It is used to talk about specific choices in a specific situation. Examples: I would rather work at night. o My best friend would rather go to the cinema tomorrow. o Rosario would rather live alone in Pachuca city. o I’d rather rent a movie than go to the theater. He’d rather not see a comedy tonight. o Would you rather see Frida or Finding Nemo? o Which would they rather see a horror film or a romantic film? Would you like to rent a movie? Actually, we’d rather not. We are too busy. FORM: Would rather + verb in the base form Examples: I would rather watch romantic movies. o She would rather listen to hip hop music. o We would rather go to the Mirage restaurant. They would rather practice soccer. Affirmative: Roberto would rather practice soccer tomorrow in the morning. We would rather go to the forest. Negative: Roberto would rather not practice soccer tomorrow in the morning. We would rather not go to the forest. Interrogative: Would Roberto rather practice soccer tomorrow in the morning? Yes, he would No, he wouldn’t Would you rather go to the forest? Yes, we would No, we wouldn’t

Expressing Preferences

PREFER

USE: It is used to talk about general likes and dislikes. 

Examples:

I prefer to work at night. 

My best friend prefers to go to the cinema.  o Rosario prefers living alone.  o We prefer Roast Chicken. 

My father prefers comedy movies. 

 

FORM:  

Prefer + noun Examples: 

I prefer romantic movies. o She prefers hip hop music.  o We prefer Mirage restaurant. 

They prefer soccer.  

Prefer + infinitive with TO Examples: 

I prefer to watch romantic movies. o She prefers to listen to hip hop music.  o We prefer to go to the Mirage restaurant. 

They prefer to practice soccer.  

Prefer + Gerund (verb in ING)  Examples: 

I prefer watching romantic movies. o She prefers listening to hip hop music.  o We prefer going to the Mirage restaurant. 

They prefer practicing soccer.  

NOTE: Utilizamos la palabra PREFER para expresar nuestras preferencias, de manera general en cuanto a nuestros gustos y disgustos.  

WOULD PREFER

USE: It is used to talk about specific choices in a specific situation.  

Examples: 

I would prefer to work at night.  o My best friend would prefer to go to the cinema tomorrow.  o Rosario would prefer to live alone in Pachuca city.  o We would prefer Roast Chicken as a dinner.

My father would prefer comedy movies tonight at home. 

FORM:  

Would prefer + noun Examples:  o I would prefer romantic movies.  o She would prefer hip hop music.  o We would prefer Mirage restaurant. 

They would prefer soccer.  

Would prefer + infinitive with TO Examples: 

I would prefer to watch romantic movies. o She would prefer to listen to hip hop music. 

We would prefer to go to the Mirage restaurant.  o My mother would prefer to practice volleyball. o My father would prefer to help us to do our homework.

My brother would prefer to play bingo. 

I would prefer to write poems.   

NOTE: Utilizamos la  frase WOULD PREFER para expresar nuestras preferencias, la cual puede ir precedida de un sustantivo o un verbo en infinitivo con TO.  

WOULD RATHER 

USE: It is used to talk about specific choices in a specific situation.  

Examples: 

I would rather work at night.  o My best friend would rather go to the cinema tomorrow.  o Rosario would rather live alone in Pachuca city.  o I’d rather rent a movie than go to the theater. 

He’d rather not see a comedy tonight.  o Would you rather see Frida or Finding Nemo?  o Which would they rather see a horror film or a romantic film? 

Would you like to rent a movie? Actually, we’d rather not. We are too busy. 

FORM:  

Would rather + verb in the base form Examples: 

I would rather watch romantic movies. o She would rather listen to hip hop music.  o We would rather go to the Mirage restaurant. 

They would rather practice soccer.  

Affirmative: 

 Roberto would rather practice soccer tomorrow in the morning.  We would rather go to the forest.

Negative: 

 Roberto would rather not practice soccer tomorrow in the morning.  We would rather not go to the forest.

Interrogative: 

 Would Roberto rather practice soccer tomorrow in the morning? 

Yes, he would

No, he wouldn’t 

 Would you rather go to the forest?

Yes, we would

No, we wouldn’t  

Uso de "ing" o gerundio en inglés

Uso de “ing” en ingles

The use of the "ing"

Es un sufijo, el cual se agrega a los verbos en ingles para dar a entender que la acción se esta realizando, en español equivale a aumentar “ando, endo,” a los verbos

También se conoce como gerundio (gerund)

Reglas:

1) el "ing" se pone al final de un verbo para denotar "ando, endo".
Ex: 
-eat(comer) eating(comiendo)
-read (leer) Reading (leyendo).
-speak (hablar) speaking (hablando).


2) si el verbo termina en "e", la quitamos y en su lugar aumentamos el "ing".
Ex: 
-live (vivir) living (viviendo).
-give (dar) giving (dando).
-have (tener) having(teniendo).


3) si el verbo termina en " ie ", primero se quita la "e ", luego se cambia la " i " por la " y " y finalmente se agrega "ing".
en resumen: se cambia la “ie” por “ying”

Ex: 
-tie (atar) ... Tying (atando).
-lie (mentir) ... Lying (mintiendo) .


4) si el verbo es de una o dos silabas, termina en consonante, antes de la consonante va una vocal y además la pronunciación de la ultima silaba es fuerte, entonces la consonante se duplica y luego se le añade el "ing".

Ex: 
-run (correr) Running.
-begin (comenzar) Beginning.
-stop (parar, impedir) Stopping.
-omit (omitir) Omitting. 



5) en ocasiones se pone una Verbo con "ing" al principio de una oración:
Ex: 

-playing the game I like.
(pleing de geim ai laik)
(jugando el juego que me gusta)

-reading this book is interesting.
(leyendo o leer este libro es interesante)


6) después de una preposición, siempre una acción se escribe con "ing":
Ex: 

-I am studing english for being able to talk to people of u. S. A.
(ai am studing inglish for biing aibl tu tolk tu pi..pl ov iu. Es. Ei.)
(yo estoy estudiando inglés para poder hablar con la gente de u. S. A.)

-I work for living 
(ai work for living)
(yo trabajo para vivir).


Examples:

-Skip (omitir) skipping. 
-Swim (nadar) swimming. 
-Leap (saltar), leaping. (*)
-Forget (olvidar), forgetting.
-Put (poner), putting.
-See (poner), seeing. (excepción a la regla 2)
-Study (estudiar), studying.
-Grow (crecer), growing.
-Steal (robar), stealing.