Would Rather

NAMA            : HASQIAL ABDULLAH

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TUGAS           : BAHASA INGGRIS BISNIS 2 (SOFT SKILL)

Would Rather

Lebih Suka (Would Rather)

Salah satu cara untuk mengungkapkan "preference" (lebih suka) adalah menggunakan ungkapan WOULD RATHER. Ada beberapa konstruksi kalimat dengan menggunakan WOULD RATHER:

WOULD RATHER langsung diikuti oleh kata kerja bentuk dasar (verb without to). Perhatikan contoh-contoh berikut:

• She would rather stay at home (She'd rather stay at home.)
• I would rather learn it online. (I'd rather learn it online.)
• We would rather drink coffee without sugar. (We'd rather.....)

WOULD RATHER dalam tulisan sering disingkat 'D RATHER.

Perhatikan dengan seksama contoh-contoh dalam kalimat berikut dimana kita membandingkan dua tindakan dengan menggunakan WOULD RATHER...........THAN............. Ingat kata kerja nya tetap bentuk dasar tanpa 'to".

• I'd rather go blind than see you walk away.
• Would you rather stay here than go out with us tonight?
• My dad would rather watch TV than listen to the radio.
• We'd rather find an inexpensive hotel than stay with our relatives.

WOULD RATHER bisa langsung diikuti oleh kalimat dalam bentuk simple past tensentu atau past perfect. Perhatikan contoh-contoh berikut:

• I'd rather you stayed with us (Saya lebih suka Anda tinggal bersama kami)
• I'd rather you had stayed with us. (Saya lebih suka Anda tinggal bersama kami. Kegiatan "stay" sudah terjadi.)
• We'd rather we didn't go to Bali for our next vacation.

WOULD RATHER NOT

• She'd rather not study Japanese now. (Bukan; "She'd NOT rather......)
• I'd rather not go there alone.

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Sumber: http://english-mygrammar.blogspot.com/2012/12/perbedaan-dan-persamaan-would-rather.html

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