Preferences

Preference adalah ungkapan dalam bahasa Inggris untuk menyatakan perasaan lebih suka dari yang lainnnya.

Preference bisa diungkapkan dengan berbagai macam cara yaitu menggunakan ungkapan berikut :

• Prefer
• Would rather
• Would prefer to
• Like
• Had better

1.  Prefer

Rumus:

• Prefer + to infinitive
• Prefer + nouns + to + nouns
• Prefer + V-ing + to + V-ing

Contoh:

• They prefer to stay home (Dia lebih suka tinggal di rumah)
• My sister prefers lemon tea to orange juice (Saudariku lebih suka lemon tea daripada jus jeruk)
• She prefers dancing to singing (Dia lebih suka menari daripada menyanyi)

2.  Would Prefer

Rumus:

• Would prefer + to infinitives + rather than + bare infinitives
• Would prefer + to infinitives + nouns + rather than + bare infinitives + nouns

Contoh:

• They would prefer to sing rather than dance. (Mereka lebih baik bernyanyi saja daripada menari)
• You’d prefer to play ball rather than take a sleep. (Kamu lebih baik bermain bola daripada tidur)

3.  would rather

Rumus:

• Would rather + bare infinitives (kata kerja tanpa to)
• Would rather + bare infinitives + than + bare infinitives
• Would rather + bare infinitives + nouns + than + bare infinitives + nouns

Contoh:

• I would rather study now (Saya lebih baik belajar sekarang)
• She would rather stay home than go shopping (Dia lebih baik tinggal di rumah saja daripada berbelanja)
• You’d rather speak English than Japanese. (Kamu lebih baik bicara bahasa Inggris daripada bahasa Jepang)

4.  Like

Rumus:

• Like + nouns / V-ing + better than + nouns / V-ing

Contoh:

• I like diving better than cyling (Saya lebih suka menyelam daripada bersepeda)
• I like apples better than bananas. (Saya lebih suka apel daripada pisang)

5. Had bette

Rumus:

• Had better + bare infinitives
• Had better + not + bare infinitives (bentuk negative)

Contoh:

• You had better study English regularly (Kamu lebih baik belajar Bahasa Inggris teratur)
• You had better not go to the down town (Kamu lebih baik tidak usah pergi ke pusat kota)

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Simak juga :

• Memahami : Used to, Be Used to, Get Used to dan Be Accustomed to
• Modal Auxiliary
• Elliptics
• Gerunds : Verbal Nouns
• Derivatives
• Causative Forms
• Articles
• Concordance and Agreement