A.

CONCEPT OF MEANING :

lebih suka. daripada .. pilih .. daripada ..

B.

PATTERNS ( like better than . )

: + LIKE / LIKES + N/ GERUND + BETTER THAN + N/ GERUND

1.

PRESENT S

e.g.: 1. I like noodle better than fried rice. 2. She likes eating fried chicken better than drinking ice-tea in that restaurant. PAST S + : LIKED + N/ GERUND + BETTER THAN + N/ GERUND

e.g.: 1. I liked milk better than tea. 2. She liked drinking coffee better than having sandwiches for breakfast in the morning.

2.

( prefer to . )
: + PREFER / PREFERS + N/ GERUND + TO + N/ GERUND

PRESENT S

e.g.: 1. I prefer milk to tea. 2. He prefers having sandwiches to drinking coffee for breakfast in the morning. PAST S + : PREFERRED + N/ GERUND + TO + N/ GERUND

e.g.: 1. I preferred tea to coffee. 2. He preferred drinking coffee to smoking after having lunch when he was young.

3.

( prefer than . )
: + PREFER / PREFERS + to V-1 + THAN + to V-1

PRESENT S

e.g.: 1. I prefer to drink coffee than to have breakfast. 2. My father prefers to smoke than to drink coffee in the evening. PAST S + : PREFERRED + to V-1 + THAN + to V-1

e.g.: 1. I preferred to watch box office movies than to listen to jazz music. 2. My sister preferred to play games than to help mother cook in the kitchen.

4.

( would rather than . )

: + WOULD RATHER + V-1 + THAN + V-1

PRESENT S

e.g.: 1. We would rather play football than watch TV. 2. Martin would rather go blind than see his girlfriend having a date with other guy. PAST S + : WOULD RATHER HAVE + V-3 + THAN + V-3

e.g.: 1. I would rather have played chess than studied Chemistry. 2. Victoria would rather have done her homework after school than played badminton.

5.

( would prefer rather than . )

: + WOULD PREFER + to V-1 + RATHER THAN + to V-1

PRESENT S

e.g.: 1. They would prefer to play hide-and-seek rather than to help their parents. 2. Garry would prefer to teach in the class rather than to do an experiment.

PAST S +

: WOULD PREFER TO HAVE + V-3 + RATHER THAN + V-3

e.g.: 1. My family would prefer to have had dinner at home rather than eaten in the restaurant. 2. Victoria would prefer to have sung in the bathroom rather than listened to classical music instrument.

PRACTICE 1.
1. I dislike watching soap opera, but I like watching cartoon. ( like better than ) ___________________________________________________________ 2. Mother chose to walk home because she felt dizzy when she took taxi. ( prefer to ) ___________________________________________________________ 3. The baby didnt take the doll, but he threw the puzzles away. ( prefer than ) ___________________________________________________________ 4. My father often cooks Chinese food. He rarely cooks Japanese food. ( would rather than ) ___________________________________________________________ 5. He is fond of having sandwiches. He never eats fruits. ( would prefer rather than ) ____________________________________________________ 6. Maxwell didnt practise football at school. He went out to swim.

( like . Better than ) ___________________________________________________________ 7. Billy always study at night. He never wants to do it after school. ( prefer to ) ___________________________________________________________ 8. Michael decides to work in a big company. He refuses to be a teacher. ( would prefer than ) ___________________________________________________________ 9. I prefer to stay at home than to go out in the rain. ( would rather than ) ___________________________________________________________ 10.The girls chose to dance, but their parents wanted them to learn piano. ( would prefer rather than ) ____________________________________________________

PRACTICE 2.
1. Clara preferred to stay in Singapore than in Thailand. ( would rather ) _________________________________________________________________ 2. She would prefer to buy an expensive car rather than to invest. ( would rather ) _________________________________________________________________ 3. We liked having BBQ in the garden better than eating in a restaurant. ( would prefer )_________________________________________________________________ 4. I wished I was taught Spanish when I was young, but they just taught me English. ( would rather ) _________________________________________________________________ 5. They went to Bali by bus. He actually wanted to go by plane. ( would prefer )_________________________________________________________________