Which one would she like to wear?

She would like to wear…

= She would rather wear…than …

Unit 2 Grammar

Which one would you like to keep as a pet?

I would like to keep …as a pet.

=I would rather keep …than …

I like to watch Olympic Games.I don’t like to go shopping.

I would rather watch Olympic Games than go shopping.

I like to play volleyball.I don’t like to play basketball.

I would rather play volleyball than basketball.

than 后的动词与 would rather 后的动词相同时 ,省略 than 后面的单词 ,避免重复 .

I would rather watch Olympic Games than go shopping.

would rather +do A +than +do B

I would rather play volleyball than basketball.

would rather +do A+than + B

I like doing some shopping.

I don’t like doing some washing.

I would rather do some shopping than do some washing.

I’d rather do some shopping than washing.

Kitty likes to do some cooking.

Kitty doesn’t like to do some cleaning.

Kitty would rather do some cooking than do some cleaning.

Kitty would rather do some cooking than cleaning.

Exercises

1.我宁愿步行去那 ,也不愿意坐车去 .

I would rather go there on foot than

go there by bus.

2. 他宁愿学英语 ,也不愿意学数学 .

He would rather learn English than

learn Maths.

3 、我宁愿去看电影也不呆在家里。

4 、我宁愿穿红色也不穿兰色的。

I would rather go to the cinema than

stay at home.

I would rather wear red than blue.

prefer A to Bprefer doing A to doing Bprefer to do sth.

B. prefer…to…

Mary prefers a kind teacher to a strict one.

a kind teacher a strict teacher

Which one does

she like better?

She likes black dress better.

= She prefers the black dress to the

red dress.

Which one does

she like better?

She likes the white clothes better.

= She prefers the white clothes to

the colorful clothes.

Which one does

she like better?

She likes the sports bag better.

= She prefers the sports bag to the

school bag.

He prefers …to …

What would Eddie like to do?

prefer… to… 宁愿 , 更喜欢 后跟名词或动名词

e.g. 和冬季相比，我更喜欢夏季 .

I prefer summer to winter.

e.g. 我宁愿呆在家里也不愿购物．

I prefer staying at home to going shopping.

prefer doing A to doing B.

= would rather do A…than do B…

1. 他喜欢红色而不喜欢黄色 .

He prefers red to yellow.

2. 星期天我喜欢出去 ,不喜欢呆在家里 .

I prefer going out to staying at home o

n Sundays. =?

I would rather go out than stay at hom

e on Sundays.

Practice

3. Jim 喜欢打篮球而不喜欢踢足球 .

Jim prefers playing basketball to

playing football.

= Jim would rather play basketb

all than football.

Practice

Exercises

1. I _____ (would/could) rather go

swimming than __ (to go/go) shopping.

2. I’d rather ___ (eat/to eat) Chinese food

____ (to/than) Japanese food.

3. Many men prefer blue __ (than/to)

red.

would

go eat

than

to

4. I prefer _______ (listening/to listen)

to music to playing computer games.

5. Bob prefers _______ (to send/

sending) e-mails to ______ (write/

writing) letters.

listening

sending

writing

不定代词：不确定、不需要提及名字的某样东西或者人。

　　　　　　 something

anything nothing everything none

C ： Indefinite pronouns

someone/ somebody anyone/ anybody

no one/ nobody everyone/everybody none

人 物

C. someone/somebody, anyone/ anybody

and no one/nobody

There is someone in next room. ( 改为否定句 )Three isn’t anyone in next room.

=There is no one in the classroom.

Where should we use “someone”,

“anyone” or “no one?”

1. We use someone/somebody in positive

sentences to refer to ________.

2. We use anyone/anybody in negative

sentence to refer to people. It’s the

negative form of someone/somebody.

Summary

people

3. When we use anyone/anybody in

positive sentences, it means “any

person”.

e.g. Anyone can took part in this competition.

D. something, anything, nothing and none

1. Millie has something in her hands. ( 否定 )

Millie doesn’t have anything in her han

ds.

= Millie has nothing in her hands.

2. How many eggs are there in the fridge?

None.

1. Something, anything, nothing and

none are used to refer _______.

2. Something is used in positive

sentence while anything is used in

negative sentence.

Summary

things

3. When we are offering something or

when we expect the answer to be

“yes” we can use “something” in

questions.

e.g. Would you like something to eat?

(You want the person say

“yes”.)

Exercises

1. ---What a big box! Can I help you?

--- No, thanks. There’s _______ in it.

It’s empty.

nothing

3. --- There’s _________ wrong with my clock. It doesn’t work. --- Don’t worry. Let me have a look.

4. --- ________ is in the classroom. Where are they?

--- They are all on the playground.5. --- How easy the maths exam was ！

--- Yes. But I don’t think ________

could pass it.

something

No one

everyone

6. --- Listen! ________ is knocking at the

door.

7. ---What do you think of Kitty?

--- She is my true friend. She never

tells my secrets to _______.

8. --- Helen, what did you talk with Bob?

--- He asked me to tell him _________

I knew.

Someone

anyone

something

不定代词的定语要后置

１． Is there anything interesting in today’s newspaper?

２． I don’t think there’s something wrong with the computer.

３． Do you have anything to say for yourself?４． Anybody who got it should put up his ha

nd.

Tag questions:

在反意疑问句中，如果不定代词是以 -one 或 -body 结尾的，则附加句的主语用 he或 they ；如果不定代词是以 -thing 结尾的，则附加句主语用 it.

e.g. 每个人都知道答案，不是吗？ Everybody knows the answer, don’t they/doesn’t

he? 世上无难事，是吗？ Nothing is difficult in the world, is it?

Tag questions:

１． There is someone in the fitting room, ______________?

２． There isn’t anything unusual this morning, ___________?

３． Nobody was in, ____________?４． Nothing can be seen, ________?

isn’t there

is therewas he/they

can it