Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.
1............... I had all the qualifications, I didn't get the job.
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Wrong!
"Though", "Although", and "Even though" are followed by a subject and verb to introduce a contrast clause.
2............... it rained a lot, we enjoyed the outing.
Select 3 answers.
Wrong!
"Though", "Although", and "Even though" are correct because they are followed by the clause "it rained a lot".
3............... the heavy rain, we enjoyed the outing.
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Wrong!
"Despite" and "In spite of" are followed by a noun phrase such as "the heavy rain".
4We didn't go out ............... the rain.
Wrong!
"Because of" is followed by a noun phrase and gives the reason we did not go out.
5We went out ............... the rain.
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Wrong!
"Despite" and "in spite of" are followed by a noun phrase and show contrast.
6We went out ............... it was raining.
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Wrong!
"Though", "although", and "even though" are followed by a subject and verb to show contrast.
7............... I tried hard, I couldn't solve that puzzle.
Select 3 answers.
Wrong!
"Though", "Although", and "Even though" introduce a contrast clause with a subject and verb.
8Despite ............... hard, I couldn't solve that puzzle.
Wrong!
"Trying" is correct because "despite" can be followed by a gerund.
9............... I invited him, he didn't come.
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Wrong!
"Though", "Although", and "Even though" are correct before the clause "I invited him".
10I managed to sleep ............... it was very noisy.
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Wrong!
"Though", "although", and "even though" introduce the contrasting clause "it was very noisy".
11I enjoyed the movie ............... I had a headache.
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Wrong!
"Though", "although", and "even though" are followed by the clause "I had a headache".
12............... the heavy traffic, we managed to arrive on time.
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Wrong!
"Despite" and "In spite of" are followed by the noun phrase "the heavy traffic".
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Though / Although / Even though I had all the qualifications, I didn’t get the job.
- Though / Although / Even though it rained a lot, we enjoyed the outing.
- Despite / In spite of the heavy rain, we enjoyed the outing.
- We didn’t go out because of the rain.
- We went out despite / in spite of the rain.
- We went out though / although / even though it was raining.
- Though / Although / Even though I tried hard, I couldn’t solve that puzzle.
- Despite trying hard, I couldn’t solve that puzzle.
- Though / Although / Even though I invited him, he didn’t come.
- I managed to sleep though / although / even though it was very noisy.
- I enjoyed the movie though / although / even though I had a headache.
- Despite / In spite of the heavy traffic, we managed to arrive on time.
