Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets
1. Despite her dislikes for coffee , she drank it to keep herself warm ( although)
2. Mary will take a plane , even though she dislikes flying ( in spite of)
3. In spite of Marcy’s sadness at losing the contest , she managed to smile ( although )
4. We took many pictures though the sky was cloudy (despite)
5. Despite her poor memory, the old woman told interesting stories to the children ( even though)
6. Though he has been absent frequently , he has managed to pass the test ( in spite of )
7. Nancy told me the secret despite having promised not to do so ( though )
8. We plan to buy a ticket for the drawing although we know we will not win a prize (even though)
9. In spite of the high price , my daughters insist on going to the movies every Saturday ( even though)
10. He ate the chocolate cake even though he is on a diet ( in spite of)
11. He left school because his life was hard ( because of)
12. John succeeded in his exam because of his hard and methodical work ( because)
13. We didn’t want to go out because of the heavy rain (because)
14. Although he had much experience in machinery, he didn’t succeed in repairing this machine ( despite)
15. In spite of the darkness , they continued to work (though)
1. Despite her dislikes for coffee , she drank it to keep herself warm ( although)
→ Although she didn't like coffee, she drank it to keep herself warm.
2. Mary will take a plane , even though she dislikes flying ( in spite of)
→ In spite of her dislikes flying, Mary will take a plane.
3. In spite of Marcy’s sadness at losing the contest , she managed to smile ( although )
→ Although Marcy was sad at losing the contest, she managed to smile.
4. We took many pictures though the sky was cloudy (despite)
→ Despite the cloudy sky, we took many pictures.
5. Despite her poor memory, the old woman told interesting stories to the children ( even though)
→ The woman told interesting stories to the children, even though her poor memory.
6. Though he has been absent frequently , he has managed to pass the test ( in spite of )
→ In spite of having been absent frequently, he has managed to pass the test.
7. Nancy told me the secret despite having promised not to do so ( though )
→ Nancy told me the secret, though she has promised not to do so.
8. We plan to buy a ticket for the drawing although we know we will not win a prize (even though)
→ We plan to buy a ticket for the drawing, even though we know we will not win a prize.
9. In spite of the high price , my daughters insist on going to the movies every Saturday ( even though)
→ Even though the price was high, my daughter insist on going to the movies every Sunday.
10. He ate the chocolate cake even though he is on a diet ( in spite of)
→ In spite of being on a diet, he ate the chocolate cake.
11. He left school, because his life was hard ( because of)
→ Because of his hard life, he left school.
12. John succeeded in his exam because of his hard and methodical work ( because)
→ John succeeded in his exam, because he worked hard and methodical work.
13. We didn’t want to go out because of the heavy rain (because)
→ Because it rained heavily, we didnt want to go out.
14. Although he had much experience in machinery, he didn’t succeed in repairing this machine ( despite)
→ Despite having much experience in machinery, he didn't succeed in repairing this machine.
15. In spite of the darkness , they continued to work (though)
→ They continued to work, though it was dark.