PHRASES WITH WOULD
1. For offers and invitations:
would you like ... would you like to ...
Would you like to come? Би ли искал да
дойдеш?
Would you like to come round tomorrow?
Would you like another drink?
2. For requests:
would you… would you mind
(not) + -ing verb
Би ли... Имаш ли нещо
против?
Would you carry this for me please?
Would you mind carrying this?
Would you mind not telling him that?
3. To say what we want or what we want
to do:
I would like … Бих искал...
I’d like …
I’d like … (you)(to) ...
I’d like that one please.
I’d like to go home now.
To give an opinion when we are not sure or
when we want to be polite:
I would think - бих си помислил
= I’d think
I would imagine - бих си представил
= I’d imagine
I would guess предполагам, бих
предположил
= I’d guess
It’s very difficult I would imagine.
1. To say what we prefer
We use WOULD RATHER or ’D RATHER
to talk about preferring one thing to
another.
I’d rather… (I would rather) - бих предпочел
I’d rather have that one.
I’d rather go home now.
I would think that’s the right answer.
Would rather has two different constructions
depending on the subjects position in the
sentence:
DIFFERENT SUBJECT
SAME SUBJECT
(+ PAST SIMPLE
(+ BASE FORM)
CLAUSE)
I’d rather stay at I’d rather you stayed
home than go out at home tonight.
tonight.
I’d rather not go out I’d rather you didn’t
tonight. go out tonight.
NEGATIVE 1 2
would rather (not)+V I’d rather / you didn’t
e.g. I’d rather not fly. go out tonight
I hate planes.
MUCH RATHER
We use it to make the preference stronger. In
speaking, we stress much:
e.g. I’d much rather make a phone call than
send an email.
1. Would you rather go into the past and
meet your ancestors or go into the future and
meet your great-great-grandchildren?
ANCESTOR ['ænsistə] n a person in your
family who lived a long time ago
Прародител, праотец, прадядо,
предшественик
2. Would you rather have more time or
more money?
3. Would you rather have a rewind button
or a pause button on your life?
REWIND [ˌriːˈwaɪnd]
to make something such as a film or a
recording go back to the beginning or to an
earlier point
4. Would you rather be able to talk with the
animals or speak all foreign languages?
5. Would you rather win the lottery or live
twice as long?
6. Would you feel worse if no one showed
up to your wedding or to your funeral?
FUNERAL ['fju:nərəl] n a ceremony for
burying or cremating a dead person
погребение, погребално шествие
CREMATE [krəˈmeɪt] v to burn a dead body,
especially as part of a funeral ceremony
изгарям (тяло); кремирам
CREMATORIUM [,kremə'tɔ:riəm] n a building
in which the bodies of dead people are
burned
крематориум
7. Would you rather lose your vision or your
hearing?
8. Would you rather work more hours per
day, but fewer days or work fewer hours per
day, but more days?
9. Would you rather keep your current first
name or change it?
10. Would you rather listen to classic music or
music from today?
11. Would you rather be Batman or
Spiderman?
12. Would you rather be stuck on a broken ski
lift or in a broken elevator?
13. For your birthday, would you rather
receive cash or gifts?
14. Would you rather go to a movie or to
dinner alone?
15. Would you rather always say everything
on your mind or never speak again?
16. Would you rather make a phone call or
send a text?
17. Would you rather read an awesome book
or watch a good movie?
18. Would you rather be the most popular
person at work or school or the smartest?
19. Would you rather put a stop to war or
end world hunger?
20. Would you rather spend the night in a
luxury hotel room or camping surrounded by
beautiful scenery?
21. Would you rather explore space or the
ocean?
22. Would you rather go deep-sea diving or
bungee jumping?
23. Would you rather be a kid your whole life
or an adult your whole life?
24. Would you rather go on a cruise with
friends or with your spouse?
25. Would you rather lose your keys or your
cell phone?
26. Would you rather eat a meal of cow
tongue or octopus?
27. Would you rather work in a group or work
alone?
28. Would you rather be stuck on an island
alone or with someone who talks incessantly?
INCESSANTLY [ɪnˈsesntli]
a непрекъснато, непрестанно
29. Would you rather be too hot or too cold?
