1 She went out ____ the rain.

a) although b) despite
2 She went out ____ it was raining.
a) although b) despite
3 She went out ____ the fact that it was raining.
a) although b) despite
4 ____ she didn't like it, I enjoyed it a lot.
a) however b) Although
5 It was good, ____ expensive.
a) though b) despite
6 I was late. _____, the others were all on time.
a) Although b) However c) Despite
7 ____ I was late, the others were all on time.
a) Although b) However c) Despite
8 They managed it ____ I wasn't there.
a) although b) despite c) however
9 They managed it ____ the fact that I wasn't there.
a) although b) however c) despite
10 ____being tired, he managed to finish it on time.
a) Although b) Despite
11 ____ hard she tried, she still couldn't manage it.
a) However b) Despite c) Although
12 ____ of the opportunity, no one bothered.
a) Despite b) In spite c) Although

1. We went out ………………………….. the rain.

a) in spite of b) however c) although

2. We went out …………………………. it rained.

a) despite b) although c) however

3. She went on working ……………………….. she was tired.

a) although b) despite

4. She went on working ………………………….. the fact that she was tired.
a) despite b) however c) although

5. …………………….. she is a nice girl, I don’t quite like her.

a) although b) despite c) however
6. ………………………. expensive, it was a good watch.
a) however b) although c) despite

7. I didn’t like the film. …………………………., everybody else seemed to enjoy it.
a) however b) despite

8. ………………………. I didn’t like the film, everybody else seemed to enjoy it.
a) although b) however

9. We managed to do it …………………………….. he wasn’t there.

a) however b) although

10. We managed to do it, ………………………….. the fact that he was not there.
a) although b) despite c) however

he swims every day; I couldn’t sleep; in spite of the rain; we weren’t close friends; despite the low salary

Although I was tired _______________________________________

I like my job _______________________________________

Although we went to university together _______________________________________

Despite his age _______________________________________

I walked home _______________________________________