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

11) she is an accountant, she never seems to have any money. => In spite of ..being an accountant, she never seems to have any money

12) Although Henry is a millionaire, he hates spending money. => In spite of ….being a millionaire, Henry hates spending money

13) Mark went on working although he felt unwell. => In spite of ….falling unwell, Mảk went on working

14) They slept soundly althoughth the night was hot. => In spite of ….the hot night, they felt soundly

15) Although she was successful, she felt dissatisfied. => Despite ….being successful, she felt dissatisfied

16) Although the boat was full of water, it sailed on. => Despite …the fall boat, it sailed on.

17) Although the children were poor, they seemed happy. => Despite …being poor, they seemed happy.

18) We couldn't get tickets although we queued for an hour. => Despite …. queueing for an hour, we couldn't get tickets

19) I enjoyed the film although the story was silly. => Despite …the silly story, I enjoy the film.

20) He did not arrive until 9 o'clock although he promised that he would not be late. => Despite …promising that he would not be late, he didn't arrive until 9 o'clock.

Although the heavy snow, we still got home on time

Although she is an accountant, she never seems to have any money

Even of her sickness, she still went to school

Although he is tired, Nam still finished his homework

Even though the weather was bad, he climbed to the top of the mountain

In spite of the rain, she went out for a walk

1. I'm going to buy a computer. I haven't got much money

eventhough I haven't got much money, I'm going to buy a computer.

2, In spite of his old age, he runs everyday

although he is old, he runs everyday.

3, In spite of his intelligence, he doesn't do well at school

although he is intelligent, he doesn't do well at school.

4, Inspite of hard life, he still lives a happy life

although life is hard, he still lives a happy life.

5, 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.

6, although he lost all of blood, he is in stable condition

despite losing all of his blood, he is in stable condition.

7, although he had a bad cold, she was abe to sing in the choir

in spite of her bad cold, she was able to sing in the choir.

Viết lại câu :

1/ I'm going to buy a computer. I haven't got much money

=> Eventhough I haven't got much money, I'm going to buy a computer.

2/ Although he was very tired , he agreed to play tennis

=> In spite of his tiredness, he agreed to play tennis.

3/ In spite of his old age , he runs every morning

=>Although he is old, he runs every morning.

4/ Although it rained , he went to school

=>Regardless of the rain, he went to school.

5/ In spite of his intelligence , he doesn't do well at scholl

=>Although he is intelligent, he doesn't do well at school.

6/ Although his leg was broken, he managed to get out of the car

=>Despite his broken leg, he managed to get out of the car.

7/ In spite of hard life , he still lives a happy life

=>Although his life is hard, he still lives a happy life.

8/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.

9/ Although he lost all of blood , he is in stable condition

=> Despite his blood loss, he is in stable condition.

10/ He is strong , I'm not afraid of him

=> Despite his strength, I'm not afraid of him.

Viết lại câu :

1/ I'm going to buy a computer. I haven't got much money

=> Eventhough .......I'm going to buy a computer, I haven't got much money...........................

2/ Although he was very tired , he agreed to play tennis

=> In spite of .............his tiredness, he agreed to play tennis...........................

3/ In spite of his old age , he runs every morning

=>Although he ...........is old,he runs every morning........................

4/ Although it rained , he went to school

=>Regardless of ........the rain weather,he went to school................

5/ In spite of his intelligence , he doesn't do well at scholl

=>Although ...........he is intelligent, he doesn't do well at scholl..............................

6/ Although his leg was broken, he managed to get out of the car

=>Despite................... his broken leg, he managed to get out of the car.............................

7/ In spite of hard life , he still lives a happy life

=>Although life .........is hard, he still lives a happy life.................

8/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.......................................

9/ Although he lost all of blood , he is in stable condition

=> Despite ................losing all of blood , he is in stable condition.................................

10/ He is strong , I'm not afraid of him

=> Despite ......being strong , I'm not afraid of him................

1 they did not have any money , but they bought an expensive mobilephone >> in spite of ......not having any money, they bought an expensive mobile phone.............................................

2 mai has to go to school to take her exams . she is having a flu >> although mai ........is having a flu , she has to go to school to take her exams.............................

3 she does not go to school with us >> i wish .she went to school with us......................................

4 cars cause pollution . however , people still want them >> although .. ......cas causr pollution, people still want them...................................

5 in spite of the bad weather , he went on a picnic >> although the weather .........is bad , he went on picnic.....................................

1) Although she is an accountant, she never seems to have any money.

→ Despite 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.

→ Despite feeling unwell, Mark went on working.

4) They slept soundly although the night air was hot.

→ Hot as the night air was, they slept soundly.

5) Although she was successful, she felt dissatisfied.

→ In spit of being successful, she felt dissatisfied.

6) Although the boat was full of water, it sailed on.

→ Despite being was full of water, the boat sailed on.

7) Although the children were poor, they seemed happy.

→ Despite being poor, the children seemed happy.

8) We couldn't get tickets although we queued for an hour.

→ In spte of queueing for an hour, we couldn't get tickets.

9) I enjoyed the film although the story was silly.

→ Silly as the story was, I enjoyed it.

10) He didn't arrive until 9 o'clock although we promised that he wouldn't be late.

→ Despite the fact that we promised that he wouldn't be late, he didn't arrive until 9 o'clock.

Rewrite the following sentences:

Although my friend does not have enough money, she wants to buy that new car.

==> Despite ..not having enough money , my friend wants to buy that new car.

Although Mai did not speak English well, she decided to live an London.

==> In spite of ..not speaking anglish well, mai decided to live in london.

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My foot was hurt. I managed to walk to the nearest village. ( although )

=> Although my foot hurt , I managed to walk to the nearest village.

- I've been too busy to answer by email. I'll do it soon. ( nevertheless )

=> I've been too busy to answer by email. Nevertheless , I'll do it soon.

- We had planned to walk right round the lake. The heavy rain made this impossible. ( although )

=> Although we had planned to walk right round the lake , the heavy made this impossible.

- I got very wet in the rain. I had an umbrella. ( although )

=> Although I had an umbrella , I got very wet in the rain.

- I couldn't do the test although it wasn't difficult. ( in spite of )

=> In spite of the fact that the test wasn't difficult , I coudn't do the test.

- Although he got up early,he was late for the first train. ( in spite of )

=> In spite of getting up early , he was late for the first train.

- Although English grammer is difficult,we like to study it. ( despite )

=> Despite the fact that English grammer is difficult , we like to study it

- Although he is an excellent doctor,he can't cure lever cancer. ( despite )

=> Despite an excellent doctor , he cann't cure lever cancer.

- Although my friend doesn't have enough money,she wants to buy that new car. ( despite )

=> Despite of the fact that my friend doesn't have enough money , she wants to buy that new car.

- Although Mai didn't speak English well,she decided to live in London. ( in spite of )

=> In spite of speaking English badly , Mai decided to live in London.

- Although he is sick,he goes to school. ( in spite of )

=> In spite of his sickness , he goes to school.

- Although Lan was tired , she did all her homework carefully. ( despite )

=> Despite being tired , she did all her homework carefully

- Everybody has a great regard for her despite her poverty. ( although )

=> Although she is poor , everybody has a great regard for her.

- They worked very hard although they were old. ( in spite of )

=> In spite of being old , they wroked very hard.

My foot was hurt. I managed to walk to the nearest village. ( although )

=> Although my foot hurt , I managed to walk to the nearest village.

- I've been too busy to answer by email. I'll do it soon. ( nevertheless )

=> I've been too busy to answer by email. Nevertheless , I'll do it soon.

- We had planned to walk right round the lake. The heavy rain made this impossible. ( although )

=> Although we had planned to walk right round the lake , the heavy made this impossible.

- I got very wet in the rain. I had an umbrella. ( although )

=> Although I had an umbrella , I got very wet in the rain.

- I couldn't do the test although it wasn't difficult. ( in spite of )

=> In spite of the fact that the test wasn't difficult , I coudn't do the test.

- Although he got up early,he was late for the first train. ( in spite of )

=> In spite of getting up early , he was late for the first train.

- Although English grammer is difficult,we like to study it. ( despite )

=> Despite the fact that English grammer is difficult , we like to study it

- Although he is an excellent doctor,he can't cure lever cancer. ( despite )

=> Despite an excellent doctor , he cann't cure lever cancer.

- Although my friend doesn't have enough money,she wants to buy that new car. ( despite )

=> Despite of the fact that my friend doesn't have enough money , she wants to buy that new car.

- Although Mai didn't speak English well,she decided to live in London. ( in spite of )

=> In spite of speaking English badly , Mai decided to live in London.

- Although he is sick,he goes to school. ( in spite of )

=> In spite of his sickness , he goes to school.

- Although Lan was tired , she did all her homework carefully. ( despite )

=> Despite being tired , she did all her homework carefully

- Everybody has a great regard for her despite her poverty. ( although )

=> Although she is poor , everybody has a great regard for her.

- They worked very hard although they were old. ( in spite of )

=> In spite of being old , they wroked very hard.