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I. Presentation: Show a Chicago Metropolitan Area Map 15 minutes - online

A Conversation between two friends who work in South Loop, Chicago.
Student A lives in Wheaton; student B lives in Evanston.
A: I prefer to live close to work.
B: Me, too. I am tired of commuting. Living in Chicago is nice, but its too expensive.
A: Thats true. Living in Wheaton is less expensive than living in Chicago.
B: If I could choose, I would rather not commute every day.
Grammar:
The difference between prefer and would prefer (to do) =would rather (do):
1.) We can use "prefer to (do)" or "prefer (doing)" to say what you prefer in general:
EX: I don't like cities. I prefer to live in the country OR I prefer living in the country.
I prefer something to something else.
I prefer to do something rather than (do) something else.
I prefer doing something to doing something else.
2.)
A. We use "would prefer (to do) to say what we want in a particular situation.
EX: A: Would you prefer tea or coffee?
(Would you prefer to have tea or coffee?)
B: Coffee, please.
A: Would you prefer to go by train or by car?
B: Id prefer to go by car.
A: Would you prefer to stay at home or to go to the party?
B: Id prefer to stay at home rather than go to the party.
Notes: Special notes: We say "would prefer to do" (not "would prefer doing"):

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B. We also use would rather (do) in a particular situation

EX: A: Would you rather have tea or coffee?
B: Coffee, please.
A: Would you rather go by train or by car?
B: Id rather go by car.
A: Would you rather stay at home or go to the party?
B: Id rather not go to the party.
II. Guided Activity: Interview your classmates - 10 minutes
A: Where do you live?
B: I live in/close to ___________________.
A: If you could choose, where would you prefer to live?
(or If you could choose, where would you rather live?)
B: I would prefer to live in ______________.
(or Id rather live in ________________.)
A: Why?
B: Because _______________________________ than ________________.
Interviewee

Preference

Reason

EX: Jade

Chinatown

More delicious food

Notes: types of comparisons

o adjectives - (x is greater/less than y; x is more/less competitive than y)
o nouns (x has more/fewer books than y; x has more/less water than y)
o verbs - (x works more/less than y)
o adverbs (x runs much/less faster/slower than y)

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Some words: nice-nicer, big-bigger, clean-cleaner, friendly-friendlier, (much/less)

crowded, (much/less) busy-busier, cold-colder, quiet-quieter, pretty-prettier, warmwarmer, (much/less), beautiful, boring, charming, compact, modern feel, contemporary,
bustling, ancient, cosmopolitan, exciting, famous, fascinating, lively, inexpensive,
popular, polluted, touristy, etc.
III. Communicative Activity: Practice Would you rather? 15 minutes
Direction: Please interview your classmates and write down what you have heard
EX: Would you rather hear the good news or the bad news first?
Ss ask the teacher; T answers: (Choose only one or two to practice)
Id rather hear the good news first.
Id prefer to hear the good news first.
Id rather not hear the bad news first.
Id prefer not to hear the bad news first.
Id rather hear the good news than the bad news.
Id prefer to hear the good news rather than the bad news.
Ss ask the teacher, Why?; T answers:
Because it is easier for me to process the good news.
Because it is harder for me to process the bad news.
Because if I hear the bad news first, then the good news might not sound as good.
1. Would you rather hear the good news or the bad news first?

2. Would you rather have more time or more money?

3. Would you rather live in Chicagoland or somewhere else?

4. Would you rather be able to talk with the animals or speak all foreign languages?

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5. Would you rather be fluent in all languages or be a master of every musical

instrument?
6. Would you rather be without internet for a week, or without your phone?
7. For your birthday, would you rather receive cash or gifts?
8. Would you rather read an awesome book or watch a good movie?
9. Would you rather be the most popular person at work or school or the smartest?
10. Would you rather put a stop to war or end world hunger?
11. Would you rather end hunger or hatred?
12. Would you rather spend the night in a luxury hotel room or camping surrounded by beautiful
scenery?
13. Would you rather lose your keys or your cell phone?
14. Would you rather have x-ray vision or magnified hearing?
15. Would you rather live at the top of a tall NYC apartment building or at the top of a
mountain?
16. Would you rather be your own boss or work for someone else?
17. Would you rather be too busy or be bored?
18. Would you rather watch the big game at home or live at the stadium?
19. Would you rather live where it is constantly winter or where it is constantly summer?
20. Would you rather be too hot or too cold?
21. Would you rather travel the US and see the sights in a motorhome or by plane?
22. Would you rather have an unlimited gift certificate to a restaurant or a clothing store?
23. Would you rather have many good friends or one very best friend?
24. Would you rather be poor and work at a job you love, or rich and work at a job you hate?
25. Would you rather have your flight delayed by 8 hours or lose your luggage?
26. Would you rather meet the president of the United States or a movie star?

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27. If you had to give up one thing for the rest of your life, would it be brushing your hair or
brushing your teeth?
28. Would you rather take an action-packed European vacation or spend two weeks at the same
Caribbean resort?
29. Would you rather be stuck on a train or a bus?
30. Would you rather be locked in an amusement park or a library?