Exercise 1: Rewrite the sentences using in spite of.
1. Although she is an accountant, she never seems to have any money.
- In spite of being an accountant, she never seems to have any money.
2. Although Henry is a millionaire, he hates spending money.
3. Mark went on working although he felt unwell.
4. They slept soundly although the night air was hot.
5. Although she was successful, she felt dissatisfied.
6. Although the boat was full of water, it sailed on.
7. Although the children were poor, they seemed happy.
8. We couldn’t get tickets although we queued for an hour.
9. I enjoyed the film although the story was silly.
10. He didn’t arrive until 9 o’clock although he promised that he wouldn’t be late.
Exercise 2 : Rewrite the sentences with the words given:
1. It’s nearly twenty years since my father saw his brother.- My father hasn’t
2. Although he was seriously ill, he was determined to finish his work.- In spite of
3. When did you last ride a bike.- How long
4. Seeing Nelson Mandela will always stay in my memory.- I will never
5. I’ve still got the camera because no one has claimed it.- Because it
6. My wait in the queue has lasted forty minutes so far.- I have
7. The room is going to be painted next week. - We are going
8. We have finished those letters since 5 o’clock. - Those letters
9. Because of driving too fast, he caused a serious accident.- Because
10. She wrote a letter in thirty minutes. - It took
Exercise 1: Rewrite the sentences using in spite of.
1. Although she is an accountant, she never seems to have any money.
- In spite of being an accountant, she never seems to have any money.
2. Although Henry is a millionaire, he hates spending money.
In spite of being a millionaire, Henry hates spending money.
3. Mark went on working although he felt unwell.
Mark went on working in spite of feeling unwell
4. They slept soundly although the night air was hot.
They slept soundly in spite of the hot air
5. Although she was successful, she felt dissatisfied.
In spite of being successful, she felt dissatisfied.
6. Although the boat was full of water, it sailed on.
In spite of being full of water, the boat sailed on.
7. Although the children were poor, they seemed happy.
In spite of being poor, the children seemed happy
8. We couldn’t get tickets although we queued for an hour.
We couldn’t get tickets in spite of queuing for an hour.
9. I enjoyed the film although the story was silly.
I enjoyed the film in spite of the silly story
10. He didn’t arrive until 9 o’clock although he promised that he wouldn’t be late.
He didn’t arrive until 9 o’clock in spite of promising that he wouldn’t be late.
Exercise 2 : Rewrite the sentences with the words given:
1. It’s nearly twenty years since my father saw his brother
.- My father hasn’t seen his brother for nearly 20 years.
2. Although he was seriously ill, he was determined to finish his work.
- In spite of his serious illness, he was determined to finish his work.
3. When did you last ride a bike.
- How long is it since you rode this bike ?
4. Seeing Nelson Mandela will always stay in my memory.
- I will never forget seeing Nelson Mandela.
6. My wait in the queue has lasted forty minutes so far.
- I have been waiting in the queue for 40 minutes
7. The room is going to be painted next week.
- We are going to paint the room next week
8. We have finished those letters since 5 o’clock.
- Those letters have been finished by us since 5 o'clock
9. Because of driving too fast, he caused a serious accident.
- Because he drove too fast, he caused a serious accident.
10. She wrote a letter in thirty minutes.
- It took her 30 minutes to write a letter
