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CLAUSES of CONTRAST
I/. Choose the correct comletion:
1/. (Even though / Despite) her doctor warned her, Carol has continued to smoke
nearly three packs of cigarettes a day.
2/. (Even though / Despite) her doctor’s warnings, Carol has continued to smoke
nearly three packs of cigarettes a day.
3/. (Even though / Despite) the warnings her doctor gave her, Carol has continued
to smoke nearly three packs of cigarettes a day.
4/. (Even though / Despite) the fact that her doctor warned her of dangers to her
health, Carol continues to smoke.
5/. (Even though / Despite) she has been warned about the danger of smoking by
her doctor, Carol continues to smoke.
6/. (Although / In spite of) an approaching storm, the two climbers continued their
trek up the mountain.
7/. (Although / In spite of) a storm was approaching, the two climbers continued
their trek.
8/. (Even though / In spite of) the storm that was approaching the mountain area,
the two climbers continues their trek.
9/. (Although / Despite)his many hours of practice, George failed his driving test
for the third time.
10/. (Although / Despite)he had practised for many hours, George failed his
driving test for the third time.
11/. (Although / Despite) practising for many hours, George failed his driving test
again.
12/. (Although / Despite) his mother and his father’s efforts to teach him how to
drive, George failed his driving test.
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II/. Complete the following sentences with although, despite, because, because
of
1/. _____________ it rained a lot, we enjoyed our holiday.
2/. A. ___________all our careful plans, a lot of things went wrong.
B. ___________we had planned everything carefully, a lot of things went wrong.
3/. A. I went home early ____________I was feeling unwell.
B. I went to work the next day____________I was still feeling unwell.
4/. A. She only accepted the job __________the salary, which was very high.
B. She accepted the job _____________the salary, which was rather low.
5/. A. I managed to get to sleep ____________there was a lot of noise.
B. I couldn’t get to sleep _____________the noise.
III/. Choose the best answer:
1/. _________ having the best qualifications among all the applicants, Justin
was not offered the job.
A. Although
B. While
C. In spite of
D. Despite of
2/. ________ the internet is very popular, many older people do not know how
to use it.
A. However
B. Nevertheless
C. Even though
D. Despite
3/. _________ he wasn’t feeling very well, David was determined to take part
in the inter-university athletics meet.
A. Although
B. While
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C. Where as
D. yet
4/. They were brave and persistent._________, they had no chance of winning.
A. However
B. While
C. Although
D. Whereas
5/. Bob has been working very hard these days. ________, he can’t afford to
buy a new car.
A. While
B. Even though
C.Though
D. Nevertheless
6/. __________ what she prepared for the job interview, Megan didn’t pass it.
A. Despite of
B. In spite of
C. Though
D. However
7/. Josh is one of the best student of the school._________, he can’t pass the
national chemistry exam.
A.However
B.Although
C. In spite of the fact that
D. Despite of the fact that
8/. Bruce was not praised_________ he was a hard worker.
A.despite
B. in spite of
C. although
D. despite of
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9/. It looks like they are going to succeed_________ their present difficulties.
A.despite
B. although
C. in spite
D. even though
10/. Mery usually goes to parties. She likes meeting people and crowded
places ________she is rather shy.
A.In spite of
B. Even though
C. On the contrary
D. In other words
11/. Ann: Have you decided to get the job?
Terry: Yes, I’ve just decided. I’ll accept that job_________ it is not suitable
with my major. It is not an interesting job,________ the salary is very good.
A. although / but
B. despite / and
C. but / though
D. yet / however
12/. ________ he has continued to work on his thesis.
A. Although all these problems
B. Even though there are problems
C. Despite all these problems
D. In spite of there are problems
17/. In spite of ____________, he was determined to finish his work.
A. was seriously ill.
B. be seriously ill
C. his serious illness
D. he was seriously ill
13. _______ some German and British management styles are similar, there
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are many differences between them.
A. In spite
B. In spite of
C. although
D. Despite
14. I could not eat _______ I was very hungry.
A. even though
B. in spite
C. despite
D. despite of
15. In spite _______, the baseball game was not cancelled.
A. the rain
B. of the rain
C. it was raining
D. there was a rain
16. _______ he had enough money, he refused to buy a new car.
A. In spite
B. In spite of
C. Despite
D. Although
17. _______, he walked to the station.
A. Despite being tired
B. Although to be tired
C. In spite being tired
D. Despite tired
18. The children slept well, despite _______.
A. it was noise
B. the noise
C. of the noise
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D. noisy
19. She left him _______ she still loved him.
A. even if
B. even though
C. in spite of
D. despite
20. _______ her lack of hard work, she was promoted.
A. In spite
B. Even though
C. In spite of
D. Despite of
21. _______ they are brothers, they do not look like.
A. Although
B. Even
C. Despite
D. In spite of
22/. Our new neighbors are quite nice _______ they are sometimes talkative.
A. despite
B. in spite of
C. though
D. as though
23/. _______ of the difficulty, they managed to climb to the top of the
mountain.
A. In spite
B. Despite
C. But
D. Although
24/. _____________, he could not finish the job.
A. As hard as he work
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B. Despite he worked hard
C. Though he worked hard
D. Although hard work
25/. He went to work _____________ his headache.
A. despite
B. although
C. because
D. because of
26/. Despite _______, we knew that he was guilty.
A. denied
B. of denying
C. he denied
D. his denial
27/. Despite the fact that _______, we enjoyed our trip.
A. the weather is bad
B. it is a bad weather
C. the bad weather
D. the weather was bad
28/. Julie failed the exam _______ of working very hard.
A. despite
B. in spite
C. even if
D. though
29/. Tom went to work despite _______.
A. that he did not feel very well
B. of the fact not feeling well
C. he did not feel very well
D. not feeling very well
30/. Though _______, they are good friends.
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A. their sometimes quarrel
B. to have a quarrel sometimes
C. they sometimes have a quarrel
D. of having a quarrel sometimes
31/. Despite _______, we arrived on time.
A. the traffic
B. of the traffic
C there was heavy traffic
D. of there was heavy traffic
32/. ___________it was very cold, she did not put on her coat.
A. In case
B. But
C. Even if
D. Although
IV/. Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.
1/. Mary tried to keep calm although she was very disappointed.
A. Mary was too disappointed to keep calm.
B. Despite her disappointment, Mary tried to keep calm.
C. Mary lost her temper because of her disappointment.
D. Feeling disappointed, Mary tried to keep calm, but she failed.
2/. Even though it was raining heavily, the explorers decided to continue their
journey.
A. It rained so heavily that the explorers could not continue their journey.
B. The explorers put off their journey due to the heavy rain.
C. The heavy rain could not prevent the explorers from continuing their journey.
D. If it had rained heavily, the explorers would not have continued their journey.
3/. Despite his ability to do the job, he was not offered the position.
A. It was his ability that helped him do the job and get the position.
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B. Although he was able to do the job, but he was not offered the position.
C. He was not offered the position, regardless of his ability to do the job.
D. If he had enough ability todo the job, he would be offered the position.
4/. He had worked very hard but he failed.
A. Hard as he worked, he failed.
B. Thanks to his hard work, he failed.
C. He did not succeeded because of his being hard working.
D. Even though being hard-working, he failed.
V/. Error identification:
1/. I didn’t get the job offered despite I had all necessary qualifications.
A B C D
2/. Despite of his age, he works very hard.
A B C D
3/. Although he was badly ill, but he still kept his dental appointment.
A B C D
4/ Althoughit has been raining heavily for hours, the whole village is flooded.
A B C D
