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Preference adalah ekspresi untuk mengungkapkan preferensi atau pilihan yang lebih disukai daripada yang lainnya.

Preference dapat diungkapkan melalui beberapa kata seperti would rather, would prefer, prefer, like dan had better.

Setiap susunan kata tersebut memiliki rumus untuk menyatakan preferensi.

Selengkapnya, simak rumus dan contoh Preference di bawah ini, dikutip dari Basic English Speaking, Cambridge Dictionary dan EC English. 

Baca juga: Grammar Question Tag: Pengertian, Rumus, Fungsi, dan Contoh Penggunaan dalam Kalimat

Rumus Preference:

1. Would rather

Would rather + V1
Would rather + V1 + than + V1
Would rather + noun + than + noun

Contoh: I would rather play football than play basketball (Saya lebih suka bermain sepakbola daripada bermain basket)

2. Would prefer

Would prefer + infinitive + rather than + V1

Contoh: They would prefer to sing rather than dance (Mereka lebih suka bernyanyi daripada menari)

3. Had better

Had better + V1

Contoh: You had better study Spanish regularly (Kamu sebaiknya belajar bahasa Spanyol dengan teratur)

4. Prefer

Prefer + infinitive
Prefer + noun + to + noun
Prefer + V-ing + to + V-ing

Contoh: My mother prefers apples to banana (Ibuku lebih suka apel daripada pisang)

5. Like

S + like + noun/gerund
S + like + Gerund + better than + Gerund
S + like + noun + better than + noun

Contoh: He likes playing a guitar better than sing a song (Dia lebih suka bermain gitar daripada bernyanyi sebuah lagu)

Baca juga: Present Perfect Continuous Tense: Pengertian, Rumus, Fungsi, Contoh Penggunaan dalam Kalimat

Penggunaan Gerund (V-ing) dan Infinitive (to V1)

- Gerund (V1-ing) hanya dipakai pada prefer, would rather dan like.

- Infinitive (To V1) hanya dipakai pada would prefer dan prefer.

- Preference lain yang bisa digunakan adalah instead of sebagai pengganti to, than, rather than dan had better.

Baca juga: Past Future Perfect Tense: Pengertian, Rumus, Fungsi, dan Contoh Penggunaan dalam Kalimat

Contoh Pernyataan

- I’d prefer to have some water

- I prefer reading books

- I prefer jogging to running

- I’d rather stay at home than go out

- I’d prefer living in a city to living in the country

- I’d rather take a nap than go for a walk

- I’d rather play football than golf

- I would rather not go to either

*) Kata I'd dalam rumus I'd rather adalah gabungan dari I would, bukan gabungan dari I had.

Baca juga: Past Perfect Tense: Pengertian, Rumus, Fungsi, Contoh Penggunaan dalam Kalimat

Contoh Kalimat Tanya

Q: Which do you prefer tea or coffee?
A: I prefer tea to coffee.

Q: Which do you prefer drinking tea or coffee?
A: I prefer drinking tea to coffee.

Q: Which do you prefer to drink tea or coffee?  
A: I prefer to drink tea than coffee.

Q: Which do you like better tea or coffee?
A: I like tea better than coffee.

Q: Do you prefer tea or coffee?
A: I prefer tea to coffee.

Q: Would you rather go to the cinema or to a restaurant?
A: I rather to go to cinema than to a restaurant

Q: Who does she like better you or me?
A: She likes you better than me

Q: Who do you prefer Chelsea or Manchester United?
A: I prefer Manchestre United than Chelsea.

(Tribunnews.com/Yunita Rahmayanti)

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