BÀI TẬP CLAUSES OF CONTRAST AND RESULT

Even though / Despite her doctor warned her, Carol has continued to smoke nearly three packs of cigarettes a day.. Even though / Despite her doctor’s warnings, Carol has continued to sm

BÀI TẬP CLAUSES OF CONTRAST AND RESULT I/ Choose the correct comletion:

1/ (Even though / Despite) her doctor warned her, Carol has continued to smoke

nearly three packs of cigarettes a day

2/ (Even though / Despite) her doctor’s warnings, Carol has continued to smoke

nearly three packs of cigarettes a day

3/ (Even though / Despite) the warnings her doctor gave her, Carol has continued to

smoke nearly three packs of cigarettes a day

4/ (Even though / Despite) the fact that her doctor warned her of dangers to her

health, Carol continues to smoke

5/ (Even though / Despite) she has been warned about the danger of smoking by her

doctor, Carol continues to smoke

6/ (Although / In spite of) an approaching storm, the two climbers continued their

trek up the mountain

7/ (Although / In spite of) a storm was approaching, the two climbers continued their

trek

8/ (Even though / In spite of) the storm that was approaching the mountain area, the

two climbers continues their trek

9/ (Although / Despite) his many hours of practice, George failed his driving test for

the third time

10/ (Although / Despite) he had practised for many hours, George failed his driving

test for the third time

11/ (Although / Despite) practising for many hours, George failed his driving test

again

12/ (Although / Despite) his mother and his father’s efforts to teach him how to drive,

George failed his driving test

II/ Complete the following sentences with although, despite, because, because of

1/ _it rained a lot, we enjoyed our holiday.

2/ A _all our careful plans, a lot of things went wrong.

B _we had planned everything carefully, a lot of things went wrong 3/ A I went home early I was feeling unwell.

B I went to work the next day I was still feeling unwell.

4/ A She only accepted the job the salary, which was very high.

B She accepted the job _the salary, which was rather low.

5/ A I managed to get to sleep there was a lot of noise.

B I couldn’t get to sleep _the noise.

III/ Choose the best answer:

1/ _ having the best qualifications among all the applicants, Justin was not offered the job

A Although B While C In spite of D Despite of

2/ the internet is very popular, many older people do not know how to use it

A However B Nevertheless C Even though D Despite

3/ _ he wasn’t feeling very well, David was determined to take part in the inter-university athletics meet

A Although B While C Where as D yet 4/ They were brave and persistent. _, they had no chance of winning

A However B While C Although D

Whereas

5/ Bob has been working very hard these days , he can’t afford to buy a new car

A While B Even though C.Though D Nevertheless 6/ what she prepared for the job interview, Megan didn’t pass it

A Despite of B In spite of C Though D

However

7/ Josh is one of the best student of the school. _, he can’t pass the national chemistry exam

A.However B.Although

C In spite of the fact that D Despite of the fact that

8/ Bruce was not praised _ he was a hard worker

A.despite B in spite of C although D despite of

9/ It looks like they are going to succeed _ their present difficulties

A.despite B although C in spite D even though

10/ Mery usually goes to parties She likes meeting people and crowded places she is rather shy

A.In spite of B Even though C On the contrary D In other words

11/ Ann: Have you decided to get the job?

Terry: Yes, I’ve just decided I’ll accept that job _ it is not suitable with

my major It is not an interesting job, the salary is very good

A although / but B despite / and C but / though D yet / however 12/ he has continued to work on his thesis

A Although all these problems B Even though there are problems

C Despite all these problems D In spite of there are problems

17/ In spite of , he was determined to finish his work

C his serious illness D he was seriously ill

13 _ some German and British management styles are similar, there are many differences between them

14 I could not eat _ I was very hungry

A even though B in spite C despite D despite of

15 In spite _, the baseball game was not cancelled

A the rain B of the rain B it was raining D there was a rain

16 _ he had enough money, he refused to buy a new car

Although

17 _, he walked to the station

A Despite being tired B Although to be tired

C In spite being tired D Despite tired

18 The children slept well, despite _

A it was noise B the noise C of the noise D noisy

19 She left him _ she still loved him

A even if B even though C in spite of D despite

20 _ her lack of hard work, she was promoted

A In spite B Even though C In spite of D Despite

of

21 _ they are brothers, they do not look like

A Although B Even C Despite D In spite of

22/ Our new neighbors are quite nice _ they are sometimes talkative

though

23/ _ of the difficulty, they managed to climb to the top of the mountain

A In spite B Despite C But D Although 24/ _, he could not finish the job

C Though he worked hard D Although hard work

25/ He went to work _ his headache

A despite B although C because D because of

26/ Despite _, we knew that he was guilty

A denied B of denying C he denied D his denial 27/ Despite the fact that _, we enjoyed our trip

A the weather is bad B it is a bad weather

28/ Julie failed the exam _ of working very hard

29/ Tom went to work despite _

A that he did not feel very well B of the fact not feeling well

C he did not feel very well D not feeling very well

30/ Though _, they are good friends

A their sometimes quarrel B to have a quarrel sometimes

C they sometimes have a quarrel D of having a quarrel sometimes 31/ Despite _, we arrived on time

C there was heavy traffic D of there was heavy traffic 32/ _it was very cold, she did not put on her coat

A In case B But C Even if D Although

IV/ Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one 1/ Mary tried to keep calm although she was very disappointed.

A Mary was too disappointed to keep calm

B Despite her disappointment, 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

2/ 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

3/ 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.

4/ He had worked very hard but he failed.

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

V/ Error identification:

1/ I didn’t get the job offered despite I had all necessary qualifications.

A B C D

2/ Despite of his age, he works very hard.

A B C D

3/ Although he was badly ill, but he still kept his dental appointment.

A B C D

4/ Although it has been raining heavily for hours, the whole village is flooded.