Fill in the blanks.
1............... she had a good teacher, she failed the exam.
Wrong!
Use "Although" before a subject and verb to show contrast.
2............... a good teacher, she failed the exam.
Wrong!
Use "In spite of having" before a noun phrase to show contrast.
3............... that she had a good teacher, she failed the exam.
Wrong!
Use "In spite of the fact" before a that-clause to show contrast.
4She had a bad teacher. She failed ............... her teacher.
Wrong!
Use "because of" before a noun phrase to give the reason for something.
5She went on working ............... tired.
Wrong!
Use "in spite of being" before an adjective to show contrast.
6We were late ............... the rain.
Wrong!
Use "because of" before a noun phrase to give a reason.
7............... the rain, we arrived on time.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "In spite of" or "Despite" before a noun phrase to show contrast.
8I couldn’t sleep ............... the noise.
Wrong!
Use "because of" before a noun phrase to explain the reason.
9I slept ............... the noise.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "in spite of" or "despite" before a noun phrase to show contrast.
10............... I was really tired, I couldn’t sleep at all.
Wrong!
Use "Even though" before a subject and verb to show a strong contrast.
11............... tired, I couldn’t sleep at all.
Wrong!
Use "Despite being" before an adjective to show contrast.
12I was really tired; ..............., I couldn’t sleep at all.
Wrong!
Use "however" after a semicolon to introduce a contrasting idea.
Exercise complete
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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.