Although / Though and Despite / In spite of

FOLLOWED BY A NOUN AND VERB although / though We use the connectives although / though and despite / in spite of to join two opposing ideas. Although I am tired , I still continue to work. Though I am tired , I still continue to work.

EXAMPLE _________ is handsome. __________ is a bad guy. Although ______ is handsome, he is a bad guy. ____ is handsome although he is a bad guy.

EXAMPLE ________ has a girlfriend. ________ kissed ______. Although ______ has a girlfriend, ____ kissed _________. ____ has a girlfriend although he kissed _____.

Task 1 Connect the two sentences using Although / Though

Although it was raining, we went to the beach. It was very cold. We decided to go for a walk in the park. Sam wanted to keep fit. He ate chocolate cakes for dessert. 4. My parents were tired. They continued working. Although it was raining, we went to the beach. Though it was very cold, we decided to go for a walk in the park. Although Sam wanted to keep fit, he ate chocolate cakes for dessert. Though my parents were tired, they continued working.

We can use although / though in the middle of the sentence. I still continue to work although I am tired. I still continue to work though I am tired.

Task 2 Connect the two sentences using although / though in the middle of the sentence.

We went to the beach although it was raining. 1. It was raining. We went to the beach. It was very cold. We decided to go for a walk in the park. 3. Sam wanted to keep fit. He ate chocolate cakes for dessert. 4. My parents were tired. They continued working. We went to the beach although it was raining. We decided to go for a walk in the park though it was very cold. Sam ate chocolate cakes for dessert although he wanted to keep fit. My parents continued working though they were tired.

Despite / In spite of FOLOWED BY A NOUN (No Verb) Despite the cold wind , I ran in the playground. In spite of the cold wind , I ran in the playground.

EXAMPLES Despite / In spite of the bad smell, 3D studied very hard. Despite / In spite of the noise, Cato slept during class. Despite / In Spite of the rain, Frank played basketball.

We can use despite / in spite of in the middle of the sentence I ran in the playground despite the cold wind. I ran in the playground in spite of the cold wind. despite in spite of

EXAMPLES 3D studied very hard despite / in spite of the bad smell. Cato slept during class despite / in spite of the noise,. Frank played basketball despite / in spite of the rain.

Task 3 Put the word chunks in order to form a correct sentence

1. despite / Tim still works for that company / the overtime work / , / . / 2. the sour taste / we finished all the food / in spite of / , / . / 3. the noise in the library / despite / I can still concentrate on my studies / . / 4. Elaine still takes taxis all the time / the expensive taxi fares / in spite of / . / Despite the overtime work, Tim still works for that company. In spite of the sour taste, we finished all the food. I can still concentrate on my studies despite the noise in the library. Elaine still takes taxis all the time in spite of the expensive taxi fares.

X √ X X Although / Though Despite / In spite of though / although Task 4 Look at the following sentences. Put a tick ‘√’ if the sentence is correct. Put a ‘X’ if the sentence is incorrect and write the correct sentence in the spaces provided. 1. In spite of she is fat, she can run very fast. ( ) 2. Vincent went to school although he was sick.( ) 3. Though the traffic, they arrived on time. ( ) 4. We visited our grandparents despite we didn’t have much time. ( ) X Although / Though √ X Despite / In spite of X though / although

Although you have money, you don’t have love. Task 5 Use the following words to make sentences. 1. Although , money , love 2. Though , pretty , boyfriend 3. Despite , illness , go to school 4. In spite of , traffic , arrive school on time Although you have money, you don’t have love. Though she is pretty, she has no boyfriend. Despite the illness, he goes to school. In spite of the traffic, they arrive school on time.

They did not fall asleep on bus although they are sleepy. fall asleep on bus , although , sleepy , 6. walk slowly , though , in a hurry 7. pass the exam , despite , laziness 8. go swimming , in spite of , the cold weather 9. Although , fat , not eat too much They did not fall asleep on bus although they are sleepy. They walk slowly though they are in a hurry. He passed the exam despite his laziness. They go swimming in spite of the cold weather. Though he is fat, he does not eat too much.