Exercise 1: Choose the best answer to complete these sentences
1. B. Though
2. A. but
3. B. since
4. D. because
5. A. because
6. B. because of
7. D. though
8. D. A and B
9. D. all are correct
10. D. although
11. A. although
12. C. even though
13. D. when
14. B. although
15. A. even though
16. B. of the rain
17. D. although
18. A. despite being tired
19. B. the noise
20. B. even though
21. C. in spite of
22. A. although
23. D. but
Exercise 2: Combine these sentences using: though, although, even though
1. Though lion dancing is very popular in viet nam my friend anny doesn't enjoy it.
2. Although bob is living in the city he always walks to work.
3. Even though my house is near the beach I rarely go swimming.
4. Though my brother is working in ha noi he comes home on every public holiday.
5. Although paul is an australian he enjoys vietnamese new year.
6. Though most children go to see the firework show lind and mai stay home watching tv.
7. Even though nick used to smoke he seems to be in good health.
8. Although I was tried I couldn't sleep.
9. Even though henry's friend is a millionaire he hates speanding money.
10. Though we queued for an hour we couldn't get the tickets.
Exercise 3: Complete the sentences with your own words
1. Although my mom sing very well she doesn't want to be a singer.
2. Although my english is good I can't sing english song.
3. Sue didn't come to my birthday party last sunday though she sent me a gift.
4. Although my school is far from the city many students come to study.
5. We really enjoyed the trip to the museum last week though it was raining.
6. Although my sister can draw very beautifully she doesn't qant to be an artist.
Exercise 4: Rewrite the sentences with the word given
1. In spite of having a very important job he isn't particularly well-paid.
2. Despite having never seen her before I recognized her from a photograph.
3. In spite of the fact that it was quite cold she wasn't wearing the coat.
4. Despite the fact that we don' like them very much we thought we'd better invite them to the party.
5. In spite of not speaking the language I managed to make myself understand.
6. Despite the fact that the heat was on the room wasn't warm.
7. In spite of having met her twice before I didn't recognize her.
8. Despite having known each other a long time we are ot very good friends.
9. In spite of being ill minh still came to the meeting.
10. Despite the fact that he promised that he wouldn't be late he didn't arrive until 9 o'clock.
