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’ āĻšāϞ ‘I had’ āĻŦāĻž ‘I would’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύāĨ¤

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

‘āĻŦāϰāĻ‚’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāσ:

“I’d rather talk about this later.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāϰāĻ‚ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻāχ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāĨ¤”

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

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĢāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻĢ⧁āĻĄ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāĨ¤”

“I’d rather ski than snowboard.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āύ⧋āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§‡āϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāĨ¤”

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

“āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻ•āĻžāϞ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āφāϏāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāĨ¤”

“I’d rather handle the problem myself.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāϰāĻ‚ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āχ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦāĨ¤”

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

“āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āϰ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāϰāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”

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

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāϰāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻļ⧁āύ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”

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

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϏ⧋āĻĢāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻŦāĨ¤”

“I would rather complete my task early.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāϰāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻŦāĨ¤”

“I would rather know the answer.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāϰāĻ‚ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āϜāĻžāύāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāĨ¤”