English grammar practice exercise, upper-intermediate In this exercise you will practise despite, in spite of, although and even though Exercise
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After in spite of or despite, we use a noun, a pronoun (this/that/what etc ) Exercises Unit 113 113 1 Complete the sentences Use although + a sentence from
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1 Despite my warnings, he kept on smoking 2 Although she didn't want to see The Lord of the Rings, she enjoyed it in the end 3 In spite of being bad at pool, she beat him three times in a row 4 They visited Madrid although they didn't have time to visit El Prado
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Exercise 1 FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH A SUITABLE CONTRAST CONNECTOR ( WHEREAS, BUT, ALTHOUGH, HOWEVER, DESPITE, IN SPITE OF, ON THE
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After in spite of or despite, we use a noun, a pronoun (this/that/what etc ) Exercises Unit 113 113 1 Complete the sentences Use although + a sentence from
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Words, though, despite, despite and, however, have very similar meanings; however, they are used in a variety of structures Although they are connections
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a Although the rain was falling heavily, they continued with the football match (in spite of) In spite of the (heavy)
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or. In spite of. Despite the rain they enjoyed it. After although we use a subject + verb: Although it rained a lot
6 She decided to go abroad for a year despite loving her boyfriend very much. 7 He went on holiday to Thailand in spite of the expensive airfare. 8 Although it
REWRITE THESE SENTENCES USING THE WORDS GIVEN IN BRACKETS. a. Although the rain was falling heavily they continued with the football match. (in spite of).
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EXERCISES ON CONNECTORS ( CONTRAST). Exercise 1. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH A SUITABLE CONTRAST CONNECTOR ( WHEREAS. BUT
They go before a noun or noun equivalent. However is a transitional adverb. It goes at the beginning of a sentence. This grammar exercise tests your ability to
Because of expresses the reason of something: We didn´t go out because of the rain. EXERCISES: A. Complete the sentences with although in spite of
REWRITE THESE SENTENCES USING THE WORDS GIVEN IN BRACKETS. a. Although the rain was falling heavily they continued with the football match. (in spite of).
REWRITE THESE SENTENCES USING THE WORDS GIVEN IN BRACKETS. a) Although the rain was falling heavily they continued with the football match. (IN SPITE OF).
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Although/ However he didn´t come Rephrase the sentences using the words in brackets 1 In spite of travelling the world he is narrow-minded (although) 2 He is a sailor but he can´t swim (despite) 3 He is a sailor but he can´t swim (although) 4 He did his best He came last (Yet) 5 The traffic was terrible However we arrived on time
We can use -ing and past participle (-ed) clauses after although though while and whilst and also clauses with the subject and verb left out (see Unit 591)) Exercises Join the sentence halves and give special emphasis to the adjective by moving it to the front of the sentence Use either though or as
In spite of 14 In spite of working hard Nicola didn't finish on time Although 15 Although the children went to bed late they weren't tired In spite 16 In spite of having a big lunch I ate some cake as well Although 17 Although we see them on the bus every day we don't know their names In spite 18 In spite of having a headache I
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