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Would rather /rather than/prefer/would prefer




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 Choose the right answer. Do not pay attention to the translation in to Latvian. Izveelities no dotaajiem.
 
Different people prefer different things. Some of us prefer exact studies -(1)- languages while others would rather the
 
exact studies -(2)- at all. I have a twin brother. We were born on the same day but we have been different ever since we
 
were babies. I remember that even as a child I would rather -(3)- up late than -(4)- up at the crack of dawn. My brother on
 
the other hand, would rather my mother -(5)- him up early in the morning, than -(6)- up late. Now we also have more
 
different than in common. I have always preferred -(7)- to -(8)- movies. He would prefer -(9)- TV all day if he could, but he
 
can’t. Sometimes I think I’d better -(10)- a sister not a brother maybe then we would have more in common. Just imagine
 
as always, he would rather I -(11)- the work wrongly myself than -(12)- me! I always help him if I can. I know that I would
 
rather -(13)- my own tasks than he-(14)- his work wrongly. I always prefer -(15)- him rather than -(16)- guilty. We are

very different indeed. Of course, I would prefer him -(17)- the same person as I am. I think I prefer -(18)- a person I can
 
rely upon to -(19)- everything on my own.
 

1.

A

 rather than

B

 to

C

 than

D

 rather

2.

A

 existed not

B

 did not exist

C

 had not existed

D

 have not existed

3.

A

 to stay

B

 stay

C

 stayed

D

 have stayed

4.

A

 wake

B

 woken

C

 waking

D

 to wake

5.

A

 had woken

B

 woke

C

 has woken

D

 wake

6.

A

 have stayed

B

 stayed

C

 to stay

D

 stay

7.

A

 to read

B

 reading

C

 read

D

 have read

8.

A

 watch

B

 to watch

C

 watched

D

 watching

9.

A

 watched

B

 watch

C

 watching

D

 to watch

10.

A

 had

B

 have

C

 to have

D

 have had

11.

A

 done

B

 do

C

 did

D

 to do

12.

A

 help

B

 helped

C

 to help

D

 helping

13.

A

 delayed

B

 have delayed

C

 delay

D

 would delay

14.

A

 does

B

 do

C

 did

D

 have done

15.

A

 helping

B

 to help

C

 help

D

 helped

16.

A

 to feel

B

 feeling

C

 felt

D

 feel

17.

A

 were

B

 to be

C

 be

D

 being

18.

A

 having

B

 have

C

 to have

D

 had

19.

A

 do

B

 doing

C

 done

D

 did