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Complete the sentence: "______ I enjoy sport, I really dislike football"
Although / Even though / Though
What's the difference between "although" and "even though" ?
"Even though" adds more emphasis
What's the difference between "though" and "although" ?
"Although" is more formal and more common to find in writing.
Is this sentence correct? "I've never been to Paris although I have visited Marseille"
Correct
Complete the sentence: "Ada makes many mistakes with verb tenses. __________, she has excellent pronunciation".
However
What is the grammatical difference between using "however" and "although" in a sentence?
"Although" is to contrast ideas in the same sentence. "However" is to contrast one sentence to the previous one.
Complete the sentence "Despite _______ (not do my homework), my teacher wasn't angry".
"...not doing my homework..."
What's the grammatical difference between using "although" and "despite" ?
"Although" is followed by a clause. "Despite" is followed by a noun / gerund and NOT a clause.
Complete the sentence "______ than eating pizzas, I prefer to have fruit".
"Rather"
What phrase means the same as "rather than" ?
Instead of
Is this sentence correct? "He went to the park instead than going to school"
Incorrect - instead of going / rather than go
Does "despite" and "in spite of" have the same meaning AND can both be used grammatically in the same way?
Yes
Complete the sentene: "We decided to go to the concert _______ not having tickets".
despite
Complete the sentence "In _____ ______ the bad weather, we could still see Vilafranca from Montserrat".
...spite of...
Is this sentence correct? "However the trains were delayed, we still arrived at the show on time"
Incorrect - Although / Even though / Though
Complete the sentence "In spite of ____ ____ ____ Eva and Ada had never met before, they hit it off immediately".
"...the fact that..."
