Question

I'd rather you ___ by train,because I can't bear the idea of

Answer 1

well,my opinion is the first answer,for the sentence pattern following ‘would rather ’must be followed by the use of"subjunctive mood".If it's the present tense,the verb form should be "past tense".Given the above,Answer A should be correct.If there were a"time adverbial" in your sentence,tomorrow,for example,then you should choose Answer B,in that the sentence indicates the future.by the way,"would rather" is the same as "had rather" which is American English.and that's it.Hope u enjoy english and make much more progress.