- Which do you prefer tea or coffee?
- Which do you prefer drinking science or physics?
- Which do you prefer to drink juice or mineral water? (Notice: prefer to + present simple)
- Which do you like better basketball or football?
- Do you prefer pizza or spaghetti?
- Would you prefer to eat a cake or a fruit?
- Would you rather eat a cake or a fruit?
How to Answer Question about Preference
- I prefer baseball.
- I'd prefer to drink juice
- I'd rather drink mineral water
- If I had a choice, I would eat a sandwich.
- A cup of coffee would be suitable.
Followed by a different verb form:
- I prefer living in a city. (followed by the gerund; the '-ing' ending)
- I would prefer to be told the truth. (followed by the infinitive; to+ the verb)
- Would you rather stay at a hotel? (followed by the base form of the verb; the verb without 'to'.
- I'd prefer living in a city to living in the country.
- I would (I'd) prefer being alone to being with the wrong person.
- I would (I'd) rather talk to him in person than call him on the phone.