Despite the hotel is noisy, we stayed there.. Despite the bad weather, people travel by air A.. In spite of people travel by air, the weather is bad.. Despite he was very tired, he kept
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PRACTICE 4
1 Clauses and Phrases of Reason 2 Clauses and Phrases of Concession
Choose the best option
1 We turned off the radio the boring program
2 their valuable fur , many animals are hunted
A Because B In spite of C because of D therefore
3 Nowadays, the divorce rate is higher than it used to be young people are allowed to decide on their marriage
4 _ his poor health, Mr Brown still works hard to support his family
5 how hard he tried, he didn’t succeed in his work
6 ……the weather was fine , we postponed the flight to Bahamas
7 _ he was sick, he still turned up for his guitar lesson
8 My friend is still optimistic ………many difficulties he has to overcome
A though B however C despite D but
Identify an underlined word or phrase that is incorrect:
1 He tried to explain, but she refused listening
A B C D
2 When Barbara was in Italy, she was used to stay with an Italian family
A B C D
3 I would rather be unemployed than working in that factory
A B C D
4 I never have read such a good book before
A B C D
5.Thanks to the invention of computers, we do not have to work as hard like we used to
A B C D
6 Although the bad traffic, I managed to arrive at the meeting on time
A B C D
7 In spite of my father is old, he still goes to work
A B C D
8 Though he loves her very much , but he can’t talk to her about his feeling
A B C D
Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one
1 We stayed in that hotel despite the noise
A Despite the hotel is noisy, we stayed there
B We stayed in the noisy hotel and we liked it
C Although the hotel was noisy, we stayed there
D Because of the noise, we stayed in the hotel
2 They can’t work and travel because they are old
A Because of their old age, they can’t work and travel
B In spite of their old age, they can work and travel
C Despite their old age, they still work and travel
D Even though they work and travel, they are old
3 “Have you heard of their marriage?”
A She asked me if I hear of their marriage
B She asked me whether I had heard of their marriage
C She asked me if I had heard of their marriage
D Both B & C are correct
4 The flowers are being watered in the garden by Jane now
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A Jane is to water the flowers in the garden now
B Jane waters the flowers in the garden now
C Jane is watering the flowers in the garden now
D Jane are watering the flowers in the garden now
5 Despite the bad weather, people travel by air
A Even though the weather is bad, people travel by air
B Because the weather is bad, people travel by air
C In spite of people travel by air, the weather is bad
D Although the bad weather, people travel by air
6 She is learning English because she wants to get a better job
A She is learning English so that she gets a better job
B She is learning English so as she gets a better job
C She is learning English in order she can get a better job
D She is learning English so that she will be able to get a better job
7 He was very tired but he kept on working
A Despite he was very tired, he kept on working
B In spite of he was very tired, he kept on working
C Though his tiredness, he kept on working
D Although he was very tired, he kept on working
8 Although she was very old, she looked very grateful
A Despite she was very old, she looked very grateful
B Despite her old age, she looked very grateful
C In spite of very old, she looked very grateful
D In spite her being old, she looked very grateful
9 Mary tried to keep calm although she was very disappointed
a Mary was too disappointed to keep calm
b Disappointed as she was, Mary tried to keep calm
c Mary lost her temper because of her disappointment
d Feeling disappointed, Mary tried to keep calm, but she failed
10 Even though it was raining heavily, the explorers decided to continue their journey
a It rained so heavily that the explorers could not continue their journey
b The explorers put off their journey due to the heavy rain
c The heavy rain could not prevent the explorers from continuing their journey
d If it had rained heavily, the explorers would not have continued their journey
11 Despite his ability to do the job, he was not offered the position
a It was his ability that helped him do the job and get the position
b Although he was able to do the job, but he was not offered the position
c He was not offered the position, regardless of his ability to, do the job
d If he had enough ability to do the job, he would be offered the position
12 He had worked very hard but he (ailed
a Hard as he worked, he failed
b Thanks to his hard work, he failed
c He did not succeeded because of his being hard working
d Even though being hard working, he failed
13 I did not answer the door even though I knew it was my friend
a unless I knew it was my friend, I would not answer the door
b I knew it was my friend, but I did not answer the door
c Only when I answered the door did I knew it was my friend
d I answered the door since I knew it was my friend
Everything is you, you are everything, my beloved