Unit 8: places

Bài 9: Khoanh tròn đáp án đúng.

1.     We  adore winter _________ the cold.

A. in spite of               B. although                 C. however

2.     She went to bed early_________ she didn’t finish her work.

A. despite                    B. although                 C. however

3.     _________ the fact that he is 23 years old, he is so childish.

A. in spite                   B. despite                    C. however

4.     I go to school by bus every day. I don’t like it much, _________.

A. despite                    B. although                 C. however

5.     _________ Jim owns two cars, he rarely drives to work.

A. despite                    B. although                 C. however

6.     The athlete completed the race _________ his pain.

A. despite                    B. although                 C. nevertheless

7.     Jane looks pretty. She, _________, seems to lack personality.

A. despite                    B. although                 C. nevertheless

8.     _________ we have a slim chance to win, we won’t lose hope.

A. despite                    B. although                 C. however

9.     _________ of his bad luck, he won the medal.

A. in spite                   B. despite                    C. however

10.  He is friendly _________ the fact that he’s very famous.

A. despite                    B. although                 C. however

Bài 9: Khoanh tròn đáp án đúng.

1.     We  adore winter _________ the cold.

A. in spite of               B. although                 C. however

2.     She went to bed early_________ she didn’t finish her work.

A. despite                    B. although                 C. however

3.     _________ the fact that he is 23 years old, he is so childish.

A. in spite                   B. despite                    C. however

4.     I go to school by bus every day. I don’t like it much, _________.

A. despite                    B. although                 C. however

5.     _________ Jim owns two cars, he rarely drives to work.

A. despite                    B. although                 C. however

6.     The athlete completed the race _________ his pain.

A. despite                    B. although                 C. nevertheless

7.     Jane looks pretty. She, _________, seems to lack personality.

A. despite                    B. although                 C. nevertheless

8.     _________ we have a slim chance to win, we won’t lose hope.

A. despite                    B. although                 C. however

9.     _________ of his bad luck, he won the medal.

A. in spite                   B. despite                    C. however

10.  He is friendly _________ the fact that he’s very famous.

A. despite                    B. although                 C. however

Bài 8: Hoàn thành câu với một trong những từ nối “although/ despite/ however” sao cho thích hợp.

1.     _______________ the restaurant’s good reputation, the food was terrible.

_______________ the restaurant has a good reputation, the food was terrible.

The restaurant has a good reputation. _______________, the food was terrible.

2.     _______________ it didn’t stop raining, we didn’t cancel our picnic.

_______________ the rain, , we didn’t cancel our picnic.

It didn’t stop raining. We didn’t cancel our picnic,______________.

3.     Mary still bought the watch, __________ it had a high price.

Mary still bought the watch __________ its high price.

The watch had a high price. Mary, ___________, bought it

4.     _______________ the fact that I was late for school, my teacher didn’t punish me.

_______________ I was late for school, my teacher didn’t punish me.

I was late for school. My teacher didn’t punish me, ___________.

5.     _______________ I invited Jim to my party, he didn’t come.

_______________ my invitation to the party, Jim didn’t come.

I invited Jim to the party. _______________, he didn’t come.

6.     I don’t want to watch this film_______________ it has many good reviews.

I don’t want to watcht this film _______________ its good reviews.

The film has many good reviews. I don’t want to watch it, _______________.

7.     _______________ there are many challenges, Tom won’t give up his dream.

_______________ many challenges, Tom won’t give up his dream.

There are many challenges.__________, Tom won’t give up his dream.

8.     _______________ I studied very hard, I failed the exam.

_______________  studying very hard, I failed the exam.

I studied very hard. I,__________, failed the exam.

Ø  BÀI TẬP VẬN DỤNG CƠ BẢN:

Bài 6: Điền “although/ despite/ in spite of” vào chỗ trống thích hợp.

1.     ________________ she has a good look, everybody hates her.

2.     Jane seldom sees Jim ______they go to the same school.

3.     ________________ her illness, Jane went to work yesterday.

4.     ________________ it was chilly outside, we went fishing.

5.     ________________ working hard, Peter failed the test.

6.     ________________ the difficulties, Sarah managed to solve the problem.

7.     My grandfather was very strong __________his old age.

8.     The children slept deeply ________________ the noise.

9.     ________________ the high salary, Marey refused the job offer.

10.  ________________earning a high salary, Sara never wastes her money.

11.  I find the film boring________________ many people like it.

12.  ________________the bad weather, we went on our school picnic.

13.  ________________the congestion, we weren’t late for the meeting.

14.  ________________ he’s rich, he is always upset.

15.  I couldn’t sleep________________ I was exhausted.