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Learning English Grammar

Preferences

31 March 2026

9 minutes

Available for over a year

Do you prefer dogs or cats? Neil and Phil talk about choices and preferences and our grammar guru Georgie explains the grammar of these choices. Learn to use prefer, would prefer and would rather.

You can find a quiz and worksheet to test what you've learned here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/learning-english-grammar/250902

For series about tenses, conditionals, prepositions and lots more, go here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/grammar

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