English Grammar with Kudjo. Part 3. Понятная и забавная грамматика для детей и взрослых. - страница 15

3 Would you rather get lost in the jungle or on an island?

4 Would you rather get stuck on a deserted island alone or together with 4 annoying people?

5 Would you rather be able to teleport anywhere you want or be able to read minds?

6 Would you rather be good-looking but stupid or intelligent but ugly?

7 Would you rather move to a new city every week or never be able to leave the city where you were born?

8 Would you rather be talked about by everybody or ignored by everybody?

9 Would you rather be able to disappear or make other people disappear?

EXERCISE 4

Look at the situations and make sentences using «d rather + someone + Past Simple:

Kudjo is talking to Luna. Complete the sentences, as in the example:

– I’ll cook dinner if you really want me to, but ….I’d rather you cooked something delicious tonight.

1 I’ll go to the market if you really want me to, but ….

2 I’ll tidy the room if you really want me to, but ….

3 I’ll empty the rubbish bin if you really want me to, but ….

4 I’ll hoover the flat if you really want me to, but ….

5 I’ll make coffee if you really want me to, but ….

6 I’ll wash the bowls if you really want me to, but ….

7 I’ll throw a party this weekend if you really want me to, but ….

8 I’ll find your favourite toy if you really want me to, but ….

9 I’ll fight with that nasty Dane if you really want me to, but ….

EXERCISE 5

Put the verb in brackets in the correct form and guess the last word of the sentence:

1 Kudjo would rather Luna /not communicate/ with her neighbour so *****.

2 It’s high time Luna /behave/ herself in *****.

3 Kudjo would rather /live/ in the country and /eat/ natural *****.

4 Luna would rather /not go/ to the country at all. She is afraid of pigs and *****.

5 Luna’s parents would rather Luna /know/ nothing about their skeletons in the *****.

6 It’s about time they /stop/ considering Luna to be little and *****.

7 Luna would rather /have/ long blonde hair than short brown *****.

8 Kudjo would rather /not have/ any hair in the hot *****.

9 It’s time Kudjo and Luna /find/ a new hobby (for example, fishing) and /forget/ about *****.

EXERCISE 6

Change the sentences using the constructions in brackets:

For example,

Luna’s parents are too fussy and it irritates Luna. («d rather) – Luna would rather her parents were not so fussy.