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You're at a noisy café with a friend who keeps playing loud videos on her phone. 😬 Select ALL the correct ways to politely ask her to stop.
The correct answers are I'd rather you didn't play videos here and I'd prefer it if you didn't play videos here.
When we use "would rather" to talk about what we want someone else to do, we use a past tense verb (didn't play), not the present tense (don't) or "wouldn't." This past tense expresses a present preference — it does not refer to the past! Similarly, "I'd prefer it if you didn't…" uses the same past tense structure to express a polite present wish.
MediumA2 | Elementary | Pre-intermediateB2 | Upper IntermediateModal verbVerbPast tenseSubjunctive moodVerb mood
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