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Although Vs Inspite Of.1.2017

The document provides examples and exercises on the use of conjunctions and phrases like 'although', 'though', 'in spite of', and 'despite'. It explains their grammatical structures and offers practice sentences for completion. The focus is on understanding the nuances between these expressions in various contexts.

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Although Vs Inspite Of.1.2017

The document provides examples and exercises on the use of conjunctions and phrases like 'although', 'though', 'in spite of', and 'despite'. It explains their grammatical structures and offers practice sentences for completion. The focus is on understanding the nuances between these expressions in various contexts.

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1. Study this example situation. 3.

Sometimes we use though instead of although:


Last month Tom and Peter spent their holidays together. It snowed
I didn´t get the job though I had all the necessary qualifications.
a lot but they enjoyed themselves. You can say:
Even though is a stonger form of although.
Although it snowed a lot, they enjoyed themselves.
( It snowed a lot but they … )
Even though I was really tired, I couldn´t sleep.
0r:
In spite of/Despite the snow, they enjoyed themselves.

A) Complete these sentences with although or in spite of.


1. ……………………………….. being very tired, we carried on
walking.
2. After although we use a subject + verb: REMEMBER: 2. Ann decided to give up her job …………….…. I advised her not
to.
Although it rained a lot, we enjoyed our We say “ in 3. …….……………….. all my careful plans, a lot of things were
holidays. wrong.
spite of” but
4. ………………………….…….. the traffic was bad, I arrived on
After in spite of (or despite) we use a “despite”
time.
noun, a without “of” 5……..…….….. I had planned everything , a lot of things went
pronoun or –ing. wrong.
6. The heating was full on, but …………. this the house was still
In spite of the rain, we enjoyed our cold.
holidays. 7. I´m not tired ………………….…………… working hard all day.
8. I love music ……………………. I can´t play the guitar.

B) Complete the sentences below with although - despite - in spite of.

He slept well ………….earning a …………… It was I went to work I couldn´t eat ……


…………. the low salary, Tom cold, she didn´t …………. not I was very hungry.
noise. gave money to put on her coat. feeling very well.
me.

……………. of the ……….. she didn´t I phoned my It´s a fantastic


problems, he I rarely see Ann want to see the brother ……… the place ……… being
could climb to the …………….. we live film, she enjoyed time difference. too hot in July.
top of the in the same town. it in the end.
mountain.

C) The sentences below have though, although, D) Read these sentences and then write a new sentence with the same meaning.
or even although. Use one of these phrases to Use the word(s) in brackets in your sentences.
complete them. Example: I couldn´t sleep although I was tired (despite) I couldn´t sleep despite
being tired
we had no time for lunch the weather was 1. Although I´ve got aa English name, I am in fact Spanish. (despite)
awful ________________________________________________________________
he still wasn´t tired 2. In spite of his injured foot, he managed to walk to the cinema. (although)
1. Although we were desperately hungry, ________________________________________________________________
……………… 3. I decided to accept the job although the salary was low. (in spite of)
2. We enjoyed our holidays, even though ________________________________________________________________
……………… 4. In spite of not having eaten for 20 hours, I didn´t feel hungry. ( even though)
3. Though she hadn´t stopped working all day, __________________________________________________________________

E) The sentences below have in spite of or despite.


Use one of the noun groups given to complete
them.

the heavy traffic his injury all her F) Use the words in brackets to make a sentence with though at the end.
precautions Example: The house isn´t very nice. (like/garden) I like the garden though.
1. He continued the race despite 1. She´s very nice. (don´t like/sister) I __________________________________
…………………………. 2. It´s quite warm. (a bit windy) It ______________________________________
2. In spite of …………….…. Her money was still 3. I didn´t like the food. (ate) I ________________________________________
stolen.
3. The air was fresh and clean in spite of …………...

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