Exercise 5: Choose the best answer to complete these following sentences.

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

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

A. In spite               B. In spite of            C. although           D. Despite

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.

A. In spite               B. In spite of            C. Despite           D. 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

1. Yesterday the temperature was nine degrees . Today it's only six degrees . 
= > It's cooler today than it was yesterday
2. The journey takes four hours by car and five hours by train 
= > It takes 4 hours to go by car and five hours to go by train 
 3. We were very busy at work today . We are not as busy as that every day . 
= > We were busier today than that every day  
4. Jane cooks better than her sister .
 = > Jane's sister doesn't cook as well as Jane
5. Tom is the best football player in this team . 
= > Nobody in this team palys football as well as Tom

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Exercise 6: Choose the best answer to complete these following sentences.

1. In spite of ____________, he was determined to finish his work.

A. was seriously ill. B. be seriously ill    C. his serious illness                     D. he was seriously ill

2. _______ they are brothers, they do not look like.

A. Although            B. Even                   C. Despite                                D. In spite of

3. Our new neighbors are quite nice _______ they are sometimes talkative.

A. despite                B. in spite of            C. though                                D. as though

4. _______ of the difficulty, they managed to climb to the top of the mountain.

A. In spite               B. Despite               C. But                                D. Although

5. _____________, he could not finish the job.

A. As hard as he work                             B. Despite he worked hard

C. Though he worked hard                      D. Although hard work

6. He went to work _____________ his headache.

A. despite                B. although             C. because                                D. because of

7. Despite _______, we knew that he was guilty.

A. denied                 B. of denying           C. he denied                                D. his denial

8. Despite the fact that _______, we enjoyed our trip.

A. the weather is bad                              B. it is a bad weather

C. the bad weather                                  D. the weather was bad

9. Julie failed the exam _______ of working very hard.

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

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