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Expressing contrastIntegrated Writing Task
• In spite of / despite•Although / even though /
though
in spite of / despite
We use them to express contrast. They are synonyms.
Remember! In spite is followed by “of”
• In spite of/ despite + v-ing, clause (subject +verb)
• Example: In spite of/despite revising for hours, I didn’t do well in the test.
• In spite of/ despite + noun phrase, clause (subject +verb)• Example: Despite my
revision, I didn’t do well in the test.
• We can also put in spite of / despite in the middle of a sentence (use commas)
• I didn’t do well in the test, despite revising for hours.
Although/ even though / though• We use them to express that the result
of something was unexpected • Even though is stronger than
although/though.• I enjoyed the party, even though/
although/though I didn’t like the music.• (My not liking the music was not
expected at first)
• FORM• ALTHOUGH + CLAUSE (subject +
verb), CLAUSE (subject + verb)
• Although it was cloudy, we went to the beach.
Use the appropriate linker:
•……. my warnings, he went to North Korea.•Despite/ in spite of my
warnings, he went to North Korea.
• … she didn’t feel like going to the cinema, she enjoyed the film in the end.
• Even though/although she didn’t feel like going to the cinema, she enjoyed the film in the end.
• They visited Paris, ………. they didn’t have time to visit the Eiffel Tower.
• They visited Paris, even though/although they didn’t have time to visit the Eiffel Tower.
• She decided to go abroad for a year, ……… not speaking the language very well.• She decided to go abroad for a
year, despite/in spite of not speaking the language very well.