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My clients don’t prefer to finance this particular project.
prefer not
The company moved to a bigger office in order for take on more staff.
in order to
CORRECT: He prefers keying in the data rather to writing it up by hand.
rather than
CORRECT: I’d prefer working as a volunteer than being unemployed.
volunteer to
CORRECT: I’ve set my alarm for 7 am, so as to not miss the school bus.
so as not to
I took the phone call in the office _______ (so / not / disturb / anyone)
so as not to disturb anyone.
Cameron says ________ (would / not / go / party / tonight)
he’d / he would rather not go / would prefer not to go to the party tonight.
You ________ (had / study / hard) if you want to pass the exams.
had better study hard
My dad retired ________ (so / go abroad / mum)
so as to go abroad with my mum.
The teacher resigned ______ (order / look after / mother)
in order to look after her / his mother.
This table of diners has been very demanding – I’ll be very cross if they don’t give me a good tip. HAD - This table of diners has been very demanding – they________ a good tip.
had better give me
She satisfied her curiosity by researching the topic for hours last night. SO - She researched the topic for hours last night _______ her curiosity.
so as to satisfy / so she could satisfy
They don’t want to employ more staff because they aren’t making enough money. PREFER - They would ______ more staff because they aren’t making enough money.
prefer not to employ
Matt is volunteering at the charity headquarters to get some work experience. IN - Matt is volunteering at the charity headquarters _______ work experience.
in order to get some
I didn’t want to forget the assignment so I stuck a note on my computer screen. AS - I stuck a note on my computer screen _____ the assignment.
so as not to forget
Flor had _______ resign, otherwise she was going to get the sack.
to
We prefer working behind the scenes rather ______ being in front of the cameras.
than
You need _____ remember the password if you want to access the database.
to
I went around to my neighbour _______ order to check that she was OK.
in
They worked very late every day this week so ____ not to miss the deadline.
as
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