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In English in order to express a preference for something we can use I´d rather (=I would rather):

Subject + would rather + subject + past tense

I´d rather you didn´t tell my parents I am having a party on Saturday.
I´d rather we went to Cádiz, but my mom wants to go to Mallorca.

Put the following words in order to form a grammatically correct sentence.

1. airport/ she / the / expects / at / to / be / met
2. class / in / student / the / He / best / far / by / is
3. coming / the / they / storm / could / see

Though, even though and although are used to express a contrast.

They can be put at the beginning of a sentence:

Although/Even though/Though Julie had passed all her exams, she couldn´t find a good job.

In the previous lesson we learned how to make polite requests and offers. But, how about refusing them? Here you have a few expressions you can use:
I´m afraid I …
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How can you make requests and offers more polite in English? Have a look at the following expresions:
Would you mind (not)… ?
I wonder if (you) could…?
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