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PET - PREFER, LIKE MORE THAN

Instructions:

You are given a block of text which explains the theory of this concept.

Once you have read the theory, do the exercises given below to test how well you have understood the ideas.

How to do the Exercises:

You are given a set of words.

You are also given some sentences with input boxes, and you are required to use the words to complete the sentences correctly.

You can put your chosen word into the input box by first clicking on the word and then in the input box.

The word will appear in the input box.

If it is correct, it will go green, and if not, it will go red.

Theory:

LIKE MORE THAN is a way of comparing how much you like one thing compared to another.
- I like beer MORE THAN whisky.

This can be expressed in other ways.
LIKE MORE THAN means PREFER which means LIKE BEST which means like BETTER THAN.
- I like beer MORE THAN whisky.
- I like beer THE BEST.
- I PREFER beer.
- I like beer BETTER THAN whisky.
- I don't like whisky AS MUCH AS I like beer.

Notice that PREFER goes with TO.
I PREFER whisky TO beer.
I PREFER sailing TO swimming.

These forms are often used in sentence transformations.

PREFER
MORE THAN

I like meat, but I don't like fish.

I like meat (1) fish.

I (2) meat to fish.

TYPICAL PET TRANSFORMATIONS

I prefer playing the guitar to playing the piano.

I like playing the guitar (3) than playing the piano.

I prefer speaking English to writing it.

I like speaking English (4) than writing it.

I like watching films more than watching documentaries.

I (5) watching films to watching documentaries.

I like football more than any other sport.

I like football the (6) .