Hi 7B girls,
Here are the questions and the people responsible to practice for the test on Preferences.
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These are your questions
Decide whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE. Then, explain your choice.
1. The sentence “We’d prefer staying at home today” talks about a specific preference.
2. The sentence “Ryan would rather going home” is incorrect.
3. The sentence “I’d prefer having a sandwich” can also be expressed “I’d prefer a sandwich”.
4. The sentence “Juanita would prefer talking than being quiet” is correct.
5. The sentence “Angela would rather fly by Avianca to fly by AA.” is correct.
| ACEVEDO CONTRERAS, DANIELA | 1 |
| AYALA PEÑA, MARÍA CAMILA | 1 |
| BUENO MOTTA, GABRIELA SOFÍA | 1 |
| CAÑIZARES MUÑOZ, MARIANA | 2 |
| FLOREZ SALAZAR, ANASOL | 2 |
| GIL GARCIA, RAQUEL SOFIA | 2 |
| GOMEZ MESA, LINA MARIA | 2 |
| GUTIERREZ ROLON, NATALIA | 3 |
| HOYOS DAVID, LAURA | 3 |
| LEON GONZALEZ, PAOLA | 3 |
| MEDINA ALARCON, LUCCIANA | 3 |
| MORALES PARRA, MARÍA CAMILA | 4 |
| TABARES ACOSTA, LAURA VALERIA | 4 |
| ULLOA CORAL, VALENTINA | 4 |
| VALENCIA GARCÍA, JUANITA | 5 |
| VARGAS CORREDOR, VALERIA | 5 |
| VILLESCAS LUQUE, JULIANA | 5 |
JP'S ENGLISH CLASS 
Camila Ayala
/ February 11, 20151. The sentence “We’d prefer staying at home today” talks about a specific preference.
True, because “would” refers to a specific preference, instead, for general preferences we use “do”.
juanpablovanegas
/ February 16, 2015Thank you Cami! Sorry your answer is imprecise. It is not just “would”. It is “would prefer” which makes the sentence talk about specific preferences.
morales
/ February 11, 20154. The sentence “Juanita would prefer talking than being quiet” is correct.
F. Because when we compare something using “would prefer” we have to use “to” not “than”
juanpablovanegas
/ February 15, 2015Good work Cami! 🙂 Just one little thing!
Because when we compare something using “would prefer”(,) we have to use “to” not “than”
Lina Maria Gomez Mesa
/ February 11, 2015The sentence “Ryan would rather going home” is incorrect because always after would rather goes a base form verb, which means that the sentence will be correctly written like:
Ryan would rather go home.
juanpablovanegas
/ February 15, 2015Very good work Lina! But is it true or false? And some corrections.
The sentence “Ryan would rather going home” is incorrect because always after “would rather“ goes
a base form verba verb in the base form…marianacanizares22
/ February 11, 20152. The sentence “Ryan would rather going home” is incorrect.
True, because after using “would rather” we can´t use gerunds; we must use the base form of the verb.
juanpablovanegas
/ February 15, 2015Excellent work Mari! 😀
Valentina Ulloa Coral
/ February 13, 2015“Juanita would prefer talking than being quiet”
False, because when you use “would prefer” or “prefer” you write “to”, instead of “than”.
The correct form would be like this:
“Juanita would prefer talking to being quiet”.
juanpablovanegas
/ February 15, 2015Very good work Vale! 🙂 Just one correction:
False, because when you use “would prefer” or “prefer”(,) you write “to”, instead of “than”.
laura tabares
/ February 13, 2015Is incorrect because when you are going yo compare with ” than” , you hace yo use verbs in thir base form.
So in this case we are using gerunds, so we need to use ” to”
juanpablovanegas
/ February 16, 2015No exactly Lauris 😦
It is not the use of gerunds and infinitives which determines if you use “to” or “than”; it is as explained by Camila Morales and Ulloa!
Anasol
/ February 13, 20152. The sentence “Ryan would rather going home” is incorrect.
It is incorrect because after “would rather” we use the base form of the verb.
In this case would be “Rayan would rather go home”.
juanpablovanegas
/ February 15, 2015Good work Anasol! 😎 Some corrections!
It is incorrect because after “would rather” we use the base form of the verb.
In this case it would be “Ryan would rather go home”.
Gabriela Bueno
/ February 15, 20151. The sentence “We’d prefer staying at home today” talks about a specific preference.
True, because we use would prefer for specific preferences and in this case stay at home is referenced to something specific.
juanpablovanegas
/ February 16, 2015Very good work Gaby 🙂
Juanita Valencia
/ February 15, 2015The sentence “Angela would rather fly by Avianca to fly by AA.” is correct
Is false because when you use “would rather” you need to use ” than” and in the sentence they are using “to”.
juanpablovanegas
/ February 15, 2015Very good work Juanita. 🙂
Valeria Vargas
/ February 15, 2015This statement “Angela would rather fly by Avianca to fly by AA.” It’s false because when we use “would rather” or “rather” we have to use “Than” not “To”.
juanpablovanegas
/ February 15, 2015That’s very right! 🙂
raquel gil
/ February 15, 20152. The sentence “Ryan would rather going home” is incorrect
Ryan would rather go home
juanpablovanegas
/ February 15, 2015Thank you Rachel! . 🙂 but why? You have to explain the grammar reason!
juliana villescas
/ February 15, 2015FALSE
the sentence is wrong and because after rather it sholud be “than” not “to” acording to the rules
juanpablovanegas
/ February 15, 2015Good work Juli 🙂
Daniela Acevedo
/ February 15, 2015True, Because for talking with specific we have to use verb phrase, would phrase and also after that it is a gerund or infinitives. so it is true
juanpablovanegas
/ February 16, 2015Good work Dani! 🙂
Laura Hoyos
/ February 16, 2015The sentence “I’d prefer having a sandwich” can also be expressed “I’d prefer a sandwich”.
Correct. Because when we use prefer, we can use a Gerund, a Infinitive or a noun, and in this case we are using a infinitive and a noun, so it is correct.
juanpablovanegas
/ February 16, 2015Ok Lauris! 🙂
First you say “an infinitive”. Second, “having” is not an infinitive, but a gerund.
lucciana
/ February 16, 20153. The sentence “I’d prefer having a sandwich” can also be expressed “I’d prefer a sandwich”.
is correct . Because in prefer we use gerunds , infinitives or nouns .
juanpablovanegas
/ February 16, 2015Good try Lucciana, but you have to tell what is being used in the sentence. Besides you would say:
It is correct because with “prefer”, we use gerunds, infinitives or nouns.
Natalia Gutierrez Rolon
/ February 16, 20153. The sentence “I’d prefer having a sandwich” can also be expressed “I’d prefer a sandwich”.
True, since the sentence “I’d prefer having a sandwich” can be expressed as “I’d prefer a sandwich” or “I’d rather have a sandwich” because they are all grammatically correct and express the same preference on a sandwich.
juanpablovanegas
/ February 16, 2015Thank you Natis! Why are they grammatically correct?
Natalia Gutierrez Rolon
/ February 18, 2015All these sentences are grammatically correct since both “I’d prefer having a sandwich” and “I’d prefer a sandwich” are expressing preference with “would have” either with a gerund or a noun, which is the correct use of “would prefer”, and “I’d rather have a sandwich” is also grammatically correct since its using the base form of the verb “to have” with “would rather” which still is the correct use of “would rather”, and is still expressing preference on a sandwich.
Paola Leon
/ February 16, 20153. The sentence “I’d prefer having a sandwich” can also be expressed “I’d prefer a sandwich”.
TRUE. Because we use a gerund, an infinitive or a noun after using “prefer”. In this case, the first sentence has a gerund and the second sentece is using a noun.
juanpablovanegas
/ February 16, 2015Very good work Pao! 🙂
Yours is the most complete answer for question 3.