A
1, In spite of the cold weather, we went on a picnic.
2, Despite being far from here/ the long distance, all of us will go to the meeting.
3, Despite of Mr. Chanh’s age, he still likes to participate in every community activity.
4, In spite of his poor knowledge of English, Nam gets along very well in class discussion.
5, Despite his bad cold, Minh came to class in this morning.
6, In spite of the sultry weather, Mr. Ba attended the tree planting ceremony.
7, Despite of the scarce water, the people of HCM City will accomplish the “green revolution”.
8, In spite of many difficulties and hardships, our country will become prosperous and powerful.
9, Despite the fact that the fascist government has many modern weapons, the guerillas will win the battle.
10, In spite of the heavy rain, the first-year students worked all afternoon.
B
1, It takes me three months to accomplish this task.
2, It takes Jane 3 hours a week to sort stamps.
3, It takes all pictures that are taken 3 minutes to travel before they reach the earth.
4, She spent 30 minutes writing the letter.
5, John spent 2 hours finishing his essay.
6, I spent an hour washing all these clothes.
7, It takes three and half an hour to fly to Moscow.
8, It takes us five hours to get to London.
9, It took the passengers one hour and a half to fly to HN.
10, It took the engineers 100 days to complete the construction.