Spoken English

Use of I’d rather + (verb); Day: 13

I’d rather + (verb)

‘I’d’ is a contraction of the words ‘I had’ or ‘I would.’

‘I’d’ āĻšāĻ˛ ‘I had’ āĻŦāĻž ‘I would’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ•ā§‹āĻšāĻ¨āĨ¤

When using it with the word ‘rather’ you are suggesting you would like to do or prefer one thing more than another.

‘āĻŦāĻ°āĻ‚’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤
Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“I’d rather talk about this later.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°āĻ‚ āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻ‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤”

“I’d like to eat at home than go get fast food.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĢāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻŸ āĻĢā§āĻĄ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤”

“I’d rather ski than snowboard.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§‹āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§‡āĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤”

“I’d rather stay late than come in early tomorrow.”

“āĻ†āĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤”

“I’d rather handle the problem myself.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°āĻ‚ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤”

“I had rather go home than stay out too late.”

“āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§‡āĻ°ā§€āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°āĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”

“I had rather listen to my parents or get in trouble.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°āĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”

“I would rather exercise than sit on the couch all day.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§‹āĻĢāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤”

“I would rather complete my task early.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°āĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤”

“I would rather know the answer.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°āĻ‚ āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤”