Perfecting Your Grammar: Verbs After 'Would Rather'

We use “would rather” to express a preference. It indicates that someone prefers one thing to another thing.
For example:
I would rather eat at home than go out.
She would rather read a book than watch TV.
They would rather walk than drive.
Notice that after 'would rather’, we use a bare infinitive without to.
We don’t use would rather with an -ing form or a to-infinitive.
It doesn’t change regardless of the subject.

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Spend (bare infinitive without to). Thank you very much. From Brazil.

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You're welcome! Love to Brazil!

[@Sumeet-Kumar12486]

Thanks for giving practice like this. Keep it up... ✍️

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[@mohamedmaaifi9571]

Spend, thanks for your brief and useful lesson

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My pleasure!

[@mr.reflect9206]

I would rather (spend) time with her family than go out with my friends

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Nice work! Thanks!

[@HairoHeria]

today I learned!

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Glad to be helpful

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Spend time

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Nice work!

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Another educational lesson, as expected from Englishtestblog. Thanks a bunch!

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Always welcome!

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I would rather drink water than drink alcohol.

[@NoahArnoult]

Spend

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Correct! Thanks!

[@tammytsang3487]

Spend time. I would rather keep myself busy than stay in bed all day.

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Nice work!

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Spend

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Spend

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Well done! Thanks!