Help Marco describe his weekend plans by dragging the correct words into each gap. 🎉

On Saturdays, I prefer swimming to running. But this Saturday, I'd prefer to go to the cinema instead. My parents prefer cooking at home to eating out.

I prefer swimming to running.

With "prefer" for general habits, we use the -ing form: "prefer doing something to doing something else."

I'd prefer to go to the cinema.

With "would prefer" for a specific occasion, we use the to-infinitive: "I'd prefer to go…"

My parents prefer cooking at home to eating out.

For general preferences using the pattern "prefer … to …," we use -ing forms on both sides: "prefer cooking to eating out."