Fill in the blanks.
1............... she had a good teacher, she failed the exam.
Wrong!
Although she had a good teacher means the same as In spite of having a good teacher...
2............... a good teacher, she failed the exam.
Wrong!
3............... that she had a good teacher, she failed the exam.
Wrong!
4She had a bad teacher. She failed ............... her teacher.
Wrong!
5She went on working ............... tired.
Wrong!
6We were late ............... the rain.
Wrong!
7............... the rain we arrived on time.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
8I couldn’t sleep ............... the noise.
Wrong!
9I slept ............... the noise.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
10............... I was really tired, I couldn’t sleep at all.
Wrong!
11............... tired, I couldn’t sleep at all.
Wrong!
12I was really tired; ..............., I couldn’t sleep at all.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Although she had a good teacher, she failed the exam.
- In spite of having a good teacher, she failed the exam.
- In spite of the fact that she had a good teacher, she failed the exam.
- She had a bad teacher. She failed because of her teacher.
- She went on working in spite of being tired.
- We were late because of the rain.
- In spite of/Despite the rain we arrived on time.
- I couldn’t sleep because of the noise.
- I slept in spite of/despite the noise.
- Even though I was really tired, I couldn’t sleep at all.
- Despite being tired, I couldn’t sleep at all.
- I was really tired; however, I couldn’t sleep at all.
