Do you want to take the bus or would you rather ____ the subway? (take)
✅ take ✅ we took ❌ to take
- We use would rather or would sooner + infinitive to talk about preference.
You don't like the essay topic we chose, do you? Would you rather we ____ a different topic? (choose)
✅ had chosen ❌ chose
- When we use a different subject after would rather or would sooner, we use past perfect to refer to the past.
I would like you to stop calling me. (rewrite ⇒ If only)
✅ If only you would stop calling me ❌ If only you stopped calling me
- We use wish/if only + subject + would to talk about situations or people that annoy us, and we would like them to stop.