1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form ( -ing form, infinitive with to or...

Question

1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form ( -ing form, infinitive with to or without to).
• I’d rather …………… (swim) in the sea than …………… (ski) in the mountains.
• I prefer …………… (sleep) in the hotel to …………… (sleep) in a tent.
• he would prefer ……………….. (watch) TV rather than ……………… (go) to the party.
• Jeff would rather ……………….. (go) out than ……………. (stay) in.
• They prefer ………………….. (walk) to work to …………………… (take) a taxi.
• Helen would rather ……………… (make) her own clothes than ……………… (buy) them.
• Frank prefers ………………. (play) chess to ……………….. (listen) to music.
• We would prefer …………….. (paint) the house ourselves rather than ……………. (pay) someone else to do it.

Answer 1

• I’d rather swim in the sea than ski in the mountains.
• I prefer sleeping in the hotel to sleeping in a tent.
• he would prefer to watch TV rather than go to the party.
• Jeff would rather go out than stay in.
• They prefer walking to work to taking a taxi.
• Helen would rather make her own clothes than buy them.
• Frank prefers playing chess to listening to music.
• We would prefer to paint the house ourselves rather than pay someone else to do it.