english 7 although despite

ALTHOUGH / DESPITE / IN SPITE OF
Ex1. Rewrite the following sentences
1-Although I was late, I didn’t miss the bus.
In spite of ______________________________________________________________.
2-In spite of being in a hurry, I didn’t forget to lock the door.
Although ______________________________________________________________.
3-Despite the rain, they went to the football match.
Although ______________________________________________________________.
4-Although I wasn’t hungry, I ate the cake.
In spite of ______________________________________________________________.
5- Despite hating rock music, she went to the concert.
Although_______________________________________________________________.
6- Although it was snowing, they went shopping.
In spite of__________________________________________________________ ____.
7. Although she knew the answer, she refused to help him.
Despite ________________________________________________________________.
8. In spite of having a lot of money, she refuses to help the homeless.
Although _______________________________________________________________.
9. Despite being the boss, she works as hard as her employees.
Although ______________________________________________________________.
10. Although he isn’t a good student, he did well in the exam.
In spite of _____________________________________________________________.
11. Although she knew she was wrong, she refused to admit it.
Despite ______________________________________________________________.
12. In spite of having health problems, she is always smiling.
Although ______________________________________________________________.
EX2. Rewrite the following sentences
1. Although the sun was shining, the water was cold.
Despite _________________________________________________________________________________
2. Although he behaved badly, he wasn’t punished.
Despite _________________________________________________________________________________

3. Although he had a good salary, he was unhappy in his job.
Despite _________________________________________________________________________________
4. We stayed up late, although we were tired.
Despite _________________________________________________________________________________
5. Although she lost her way twice, she arrived safely.
Despite _________________________________________________________________________________
6. Although Kevin was hard working, he failed the examination.
Despite _________________________________________________________________________________
7. Although she didn't want to see The Lord of the Rings, she enjoyed it in the end.
Despite _________________________________________________________________________________
8. They visited Madrid although they didn't have time to visit El Prado.
Despite _________________________________________________________________________________
9. Although it was raining, we decided to go anyway.
Despite _________________________________________________________________________________
10.Although it was only the first time they met, they made friends immediately.
Despite _________________________________________________________________________________
11.The English actor Oliver Reed was often rude to people although he was always kind to animals.
Despite _________________________________________________________________________________
12.Although it was raining heavily, we played the match as planned
Despite __________________________________________________________________________________
13.Although my doctor had told me to stay in bed I went to work
Despite _________________________________________________________________________________
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14.Although he takes a lot of exercises, he’s fat.
Despite _________________________________________________________________________________
15.Although I had practised for hours on end, my first golf ball ended up in the trees.
Despite _________________________________________________________________________________
18.Although he had enough money, he refused to buy a new car.

Despite _________________________________________________________________________________
19.Although the weather was bad, we enjoyed our trip.
Despite _________________________________________________________________________________
20.John rarely sees Paul although they live in the same town.
Despite _________________________________________________________________________________
EX3. Rewrite the following sentences
1. Despite my warning, they went ahead with their plan.
Although ________________________________________________________________________________
2. They went swimming in spite of the coldness of the water.
Although ________________________________________________________________________________
3. In spite of being bad at pool, she beat him three times in a row.
Although ________________________________________________________________________________
4. She decided to go abroad for a year despite loving her boyfriend very much.
Although ________________________________________________________________________________
5. He went on holiday to Thailand in spite of the expensive airfare
Although ________________________________________________________________________________
6. Socrates never had much money despite being very famous in his own day.
Although ________________________________________________________________________________
7. His career did not really take off despite his ambitions
Although ________________________________________________________________________________
8. They managed to work together despite their differences of opinion
Although ________________________________________________________________________________
9. Despite my headache I enjoyed the film.
Although ________________________________________________________________________________
10.Despite having enough money, he refused to buy a new car.
Although ________________________________________________________________________________
11.Despite being tired, he walked to the station
Although ________________________________________________________________________________
12.The children slept well despite the noise.
Although ________________________________________________________________________________

13.in spite of earning a low salary, Linda gave money to her parents.
Although ________________________________________________________________________________
14.Tom went to work in spite of not feeling very well.
Although ________________________________________________________________________________
15.Their new product turned out to be a success despite pessimistic market studies.
Although ________________________________________________________________________________
16.The speech made the crowd cheer despite the minister's lack of preparation time
Although ________________________________________________________________________________
17.Julie failed the exam in spite of working very hard.
Although ________________________________________________________________________________
18.In spite of getting the highest result in the class, John still had problems with the teacher
Although ________________________________________________________________________________
19.In spite of the difficulty, they managed to climb to the top of the mountain.
Although ________________________________________________________________________________
20.Despite/in spite of being a little overweight, he is actually quite fit.
Although ________________________________________________________________________________
Exercise: Choose the best answer A, B, C or D.
1. …………….his denial, we all knew that he was guilty.
A. Despite
B. In spite
C. Because
D. Because of
2. The cameras take good pictures……………… their small size.
A. despite of
B. in spite of
C. because
D. because of
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3. . …………he denied, we all knew that he was guilty.
A. Despite
B. In spite
C. Although
D. Because
4. The cameras don’t take good pictures……………… they have small size.
A. despite of
B. in spite of
C. because
D. although
5. …………..some German and British styles are similar, there are many different between them.
A. despite of
B. in spite of
C. because
D. although
6. I could not eat …………….I was very hungry.
A. despite
B. in spite
C. although
D. because
7. I could not eat …………….I was very tired.
A. despite
B. because of
C. although
D. because
8. I could not eat …………….my starving.
A. because of
B. in spite of
C. although
D. because

9. I could not eat …………….my tiredness.
A. despite
B. because of
C. although
D. because
10. ………….he had enough money, he refused to buy a new car.
A. Despite
B. In spite
C. Although
D. Because
11. ………….he didn’t have enough money, he refused to buy a new car.
A. Despite
B. In spite
C. Although
D. Because
12, In spite …………, the baseball game wasn’t cancelled.
A. the rain
B. of the rain
C. it was raining
D. there was a rain
13. …………………, he walked to the station.
A. Despite being tired
B. although to be tired
C. in spite being tired
D.
despite tired
14. ……….. the heavy rain, we couldn’t go camping.
A. In spite of
B. Because
C. Although

D. Because of
15. ……….. the heavy rain, we went camping.
A. In spite of
B. Because
C. Although
D. Because of
16. The children slept well despite ………..
A. the noise
B. it was the noise C. of the noise
D. noisy
17. The children didn’t sleep well ………….it was noisy.
A. in spite of
B. because of
C. although
D. because
18. The children slept well ………….it was noisy.
A. in spite of
B. because of
C. although
D. because
19. Despite……………, we enjoyed our trip.
A. the bad weather B. the fact that the weather was bad C. of the bad weather
D.
A&B
20. He didn’t pass the exam ……….. of working very hard.
A. despite
B. in spite of
C. because
D. though
21. He didn’t pass the exam ……….. his laziness.

A. because of
B. in spite of
C. because
D. though
22. They couldn’t do the test …….it was difficult and long.
A. because of
B. in spite of
C. because
D. though
23. She left him ……………she still loved him.
A. even if
B. even though
C. in spite of
D. despite
24.. ……………her lack of hard work , she was promoted
A. In spite
B. Even though
C. In spite of
D. Despite of
25. . ………….they are brothers , they do not look like .
A. Although
B. But
C. Despite
D. In spite of
26. 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
27. Though ……………., they are good friends

A. their sometimes quarrel
B. to have a quarrel sometimes
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C. they sometimes have a quarrel
D. of having a quarrel sometimes
28 ……………it was very cold, she did not put on her coat .
A. despite
B. because of
C. although
D. because
29. …………the increase in their salaries, many French employees spent Saturday at work .
A. Despite
B. Because of
C. Even though
D. In spite
30.. …………..he is the boss, he does not find solutions to problems very easily.
A. Although
B. In spite of
C. But
D. Despite

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