| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| I love England |
| the rainy weather |
| I love England |
| the rainy weather. |
| despite |
| despite |
| I love England, despite the rainy weather. |
| I love England, despite the rainy weather. |
| “Despite” is correct here because the first part of the sentence has a clause, and the last portion is just a noun phrase. We cannot use “even though” before a noun phrase, so “despite” is the correct contrast linker. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| I think basketball is fun, I like baseball better. |
| I think basketball is fun, I like baseball better. |
| While |
| While |
| While I think basketball is fun, I like baseball better. |
| While I think basketball is fun, I like baseball better. |
| 'While' is correct because it introduces a clause with a subject and verb, showing contrast between two complete ideas."In spite of" cannot be followed by two clauses in this manner. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| My fishing trip was fun, |
| I didn't catch many fish. |
| My fishing trip was fun, |
| I didn't catch many fish. |
| even though |
| even though |
| My fishing trip was fun, even though I didn't catch many fish. |
| My fishing trip was fun, even though I didn't catch many fish. |
| 'Even though' is correct because it connects two clauses and shows contrast between enjoying the trip and not catching fish."Despite" is incorrect here because it cannot be followed by an independent clause. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| being really busy, he always makes time for his friends. |
| being really busy, he always makes time for his friends. |
| In spite of |
| In spite of |
| In spite of being really busy, he always makes time for his friends. |
| In spite of being really busy, he always makes time for his friends. |
| “In spite of' must be followed by a noun phrase or gerund in the pattern we learned for this lesson. Here, “being” is the gerund. “Being really busy” is not a clause, so we know “even though” cannot come before it, because “even though” is used to show contrast between two clauses. |
| Unscramble the words to make a sentence. |
| Ready? |
| Although |
| Although it |
| Although it was |
| Although it was raining |
| Although it was raining, we |
| Although it was raining, we went |
| Although it was raining, we went hiking |
| Although it was raining, we went hiking. |
| Although it was raining, we went hiking. |
| Unscramble the words to make a sentence. |
| I |
| I like |
| I like driving, |
| I like driving, despite |
| I like driving, despite the |
| I like driving, despite the traffic. |
| I like driving, despite the traffic. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| (Although or Despite) it’s a nice place, this kind of fancy sports club isn’t for me. |
| (Although or Despite) it’s a nice place, this kind of fancy sports club isn’t for me. |
| Although |
| Although |
| Although it’s a nice place, this kind of fancy sports club isn’t for me. |
| 'Although' is correct because it’s used here to show contrast to the two clauses. “Despite” cannot be used before an independent clause in this way. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| (In spite of or Even though) it’s not cheap, I love playing tennis here. |
| (In spite of or Even though) it’s not cheap, I love playing tennis here. |
| Even though |
| Even though |
| Even though it’s not cheap, I love playing tennis here. |
| 'Even though' is correct because it can be used before an independent clause and shows contrast with the main clause. “In spite of” cannot be used before two independent clauses in this way. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| (While or Despite) I like action movies, I prefer comedies. |
| (While or Despite) I like action movies, I prefer comedies. |
| While |
| While |
| While I like action movies, I prefer comedies. |
| 'While' is correct because it is used to show contrast between two independent clauses, as in this example “Despite” cannot be used at the beginning of two clauses in this manner. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| I had a good day, (even though or despite) a few difficult customers. |
| I had a good day, (even though or despite) a few difficult customers. |
| despite |
| despite |
| I had a good day, despite a few difficult customers. |
| “Despite” is correct because the words after the blank make the noun phrases “a few difficult customers,” not a clause. “Even though” is used to join two clauses, not a noun phrase and a clause. |
| Listen to what I say. What is the contrast linker being used in the sentence? |
| I had a good day, despite a few customers. |
| Listen one more time. |
| I had a good day, despite a few customers. |
| Did you hear, "despite"? despite is the contrast linker. |
| How about...? |
| While I like action movies, I prefer comedies. |
| Let’s listen one more time. |
| While I like action movies, I prefer comedies. |
| Did you hear "while"? while is the contrast linker. |
| Next... |
| My fishing trip was fun even though I didn't catch many fish. |
| One more time. |
| My fishing trip was fun even though I didn't catch many fish. |
| Did you hear "even though"? even though is the contrast linker. |
| Next... |
| In spite of being really busy, he always makes time for his friends. |
| One more time. |
| In spite of being really busy, he always makes time for his friends. |
| Did you hear "in spite of"? in spite of is the contrast linker. |
| And... |
| Although it’s a nice place, this kind of fancy sports club isn’t for me. |
| One more time. |
| Although it’s a nice place, this kind of fancy sports club isn’t for me. |
| Did you hear "although"? although is the contrast linker. |
| Thank you for watching. |
| Now you know how to express opposing ideas in English. |
| ...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway on EnglishClass101.com. |
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