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    The document provides examples of how to use the expressions "would rather", "had better", and "it is time" followed by an infinitive. It gives sample sentences and asks the reader to rewrite sentences using these expressions. Key information includes: - "Would rather" is used to express preference between two options. - "Had better" is used to suggest something is advisable or necessary. - "It is time" and "it is high time" introduce that a time has come for something to happen.

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    The document provides examples of how to use the expressions "would rather", "had better", and "it is time" followed by an infinitive. It gives sample sentences and asks the reader to rewrite sentences using these expressions. Key information includes: - "Would rather" is used to express preference between two options. - "Had better" is used to suggest something is advisable or necessary. - "It is time" and "it is high time" introduce that a time has come for something to happen.

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    The document provides examples of how to use the expressions "would rather", "had better", and "it is time" followed by an infinitive. It gives sample sentences and asks the reader to rewrite sentences using these expressions. Key information includes: - "Would rather" is used to express preference between two options. - "Had better" is used to suggest something is advisable or necessary. - "It is time" and "it is high time" introduce that a time has come for something to happen.

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    Would Rather Had Better High Time

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    The document provides examples of how to use the expressions "would rather", "had better", and "it is time" followed by an infinitive. It gives sample sentences and asks the reader to rewrite sentences using these expressions. Key information includes: - "Would rather" is used to express preference between two options. - "Had better" is used to suggest something is advisable or necessary. - "It is time" and "it is high time" introduce that a time has come for something to happen.

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    WOULD RATHER___________________________

    about himself - infinitive about – past tense

    I would rather go home I would rather you went home


    not go home didn’t go home
    Bob would rather stay here Bob would rather we stayed here
    not stay here didn’t stay here

    REWRITE THE SENTENCES USING ‘WOULD RATHER’ CONSTRUCTION

    1. Bob wishes Mary would finally visit him.

    2. The kids don’t want to go on holiday with their parents.

    3. The teacher wanted the students to read the book.

    4. Mary doesn’t feel like going to work tomorrow.

    5. Bob wants me not to listen to music loudly.

    6. Bob doesn’t want to listen to music loudly.

    7. My boss wants me to work overtime.

    8. Mary told me to clean my room.

    9. The children want their parents to buy them toys.

    10.I don’t want to clean my room.

    11.I wish you wouldn’t smoke here.

    12.My boss wishes I wouldn’t come to work late


    HAD BETTER + infinitive = SHOULD + infinitive = OUGHT TO + infinitive

    You had better be quiet here You should be quiet here You ought to be quiet here
    You had better not argue with the boss. You should not argue with the boss You ought not to argue with the boss
    We had better go We should go We ought to go
    We had better not go We shouldn’t go We oughtn’t to go

    FILL THE GAPS WITH 3-6 WORDS USING THE STRUCTURE “HAD BETTER”

    1. It’s time for you to go now or else you’ll be late.

    You ___________________________________ now or else you’ll be late.

    2. Bob ought to do something instead of sitting in his chair.

    Bob _______________________________ sitting in this chair but do something!

    3. She’ll miss the opening ceremony unless she gets here soon.

    She ______________________ she’ll miss the opening ceremony.

    4. I’d rather you didn’t tell Elizabeth about the broken glass – she’ll go crazy!

    ___________________________ Elizabeth about the broken glass – she’ll go crazy!

    5. Oughtn’t we to tell him the truth?

    __________________________________him the truth?

    HAD BETTER + INFINITIVE

    + We had better go

    - We had better not go

    ? Had we better go home?


    IT IS TIME [for ] to + infinitive

    IT IS [HIGH] TIME + past simple

    EXERCISE : REWRITE THE SENTENCES USING IT IS TIME TO AND IT IS HIGH TIME

    1. We should hurry.

    2. Bob should leave the office

    3. They should retire

    4. Children should go to bet

    5. Shops should be closed for the next month

    6. We must wash our car.

    1. Do you prefer drinking tea or coffee? RATHER

    ______________________________ tea or coffee?

    2. I wish my mother would stop calling me every single day. RATHER

    ___________________________ calling me every single day.

    3. I’d love to speak Spanish fluently. WISH

    ___________________________ Spanish fluently.

    4. I don’t want to live without my parents. RATHER

    _______________________________ without my parents.

    5. It will be good not to discuss it right now. HAD

    We _______________________________ it right now

    6. Shouldn’t we leave as soon as possible? BETTER

    ____________________________

    7. We should leave now. FOR


    It is _________________________________ now.

    8. We should leave now. LEFT

    It __________________________________ now.

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