ADVERB OF CONCESSION
In Spite of & Despite
SECONDARY 3
ADVERB CLAUSES OF CONCESSION
In Spite of & Despite
• LEVEL:
Secondary 3 second Term
• PERIOD(S): Two lessons (@40 minutes)
• DESIGNER: Eric Fung Chung-yin
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English Department
• CCC ROTARY SECONDARY SCHOOL
• Date:
10 March 2000
AIMS & OBJECTIVES
• 1. Students are able to rewrite sentences
using “in spite of” and “despite”.
• 2. Students are able to write accurate
sentences using “in spite of” and “despite”.
Although & In spite of
• Although
• Though
• Even though
• In spite of
• Despite
+ A CLAUSE
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a noun
a pronoun / v-ing
Example: sentences with
“although” & “in spite of”
• 1. Although it was raining heavily, they
went for a picnic.
• In spite of the heavy rain, they went for a
picnic.
• 2. Although the weather was fine, they
stayed indoors.
• In spite of the fine weather, they stayed
indoors.
Formation of a NOUN(N).
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E.g. It is raining. (the rain)
1. His health is poor.
N. his poor health.
2. The house is on fire.
N. the fire
3. It was raining heavily.
N. the heavy rain
More Nouns
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4. The weather was fine.
N. the fine weather
5. She failed to win.
N. her failure.
6. Her marks were low.
N. her low marks.
7. He works very hard.
N. his hard work
Change the sentences with “although”
to those with “in spite of”
• 1. Although the weather is cold, they go
swimming.
• In spite of the cold weather, they go
swimming.
• 2. Although it is raining heavily, they go on
a picnic.
• In spite of the heavy rain, they go on a
picnic.
GAME: Rewriting Sentences
• 1. Although it was raining, they went
swimming.
• In spite of the rain, they went swimming.
• 2. Although there is a fire, the woman went
into the building.
• In spite of the fire, the woman went into the
building.
More “in spite of”
• 3. He tried again although he failed in the
driving test.
• He tried again in spite of his failure in the
driving test.
• 4. She did not feel sad though her marks
were low.
• She did not feel sad in spite of her low
marks.
“In spite of” and “Despite”
• “In spite of” and “Despite” are the same in
usage.
• That is: you can either use “in spite of” or
“despite” to present the same meaning.
• E.g. In spite of the fine weather, they stayed
indoors.
• Despite the fine weather, they stayed
indoors.
Examples on using “despite”
• 1. They failed despite their hard work.
• They failed in spite of their hard work.
• 2. In spite of the heavy rain, they went on a
picnic.
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Despite the heavy rain, they went on a
picnic.
Exercise
• Rearrange the words or phrases into correct
sentences.
• The sentences are mixed with “although”,
“though”, “even though”, “in spite of” &
“despite”
Exercise
• 1. it /went /was /raining/ Although/ heavily/,/ they/
a/ picnic /for/./
• 2. beautiful/ failed/ Though/ love/ she/ is/,/ she/ to/
the/ prince’s/ win/./
• 3. Though/ Even/ they/ eat/ were/, /the/ they/ did/
not/ hungry/ cake/./
• 4. In/ the/ classroom/ of/ the/ bad/,/ they/ spite/
stayed/ smell/ in/./
• 5. bad/ the/ eggs/ taste/,/ they/ eat/ Despite/ all/
the/./
CHECKING YOUR WORK
• 1. Although it was raining heavily, they went on a
picnic.
• 2. Though she is beautiful, she failed to win the
prince’s love.
• 3. Even though they were hungry, they did not eat
the cake.
• 4. In spite of the bad smell, they stayed in the
classroom.
• 5. Despite the bad taste, they ate all the eggs.
CONCLUSION
• 1. Although, Though & Even though + a
clause (Subject + Verb)
• 2. In spite of & Despite + a noun, a
pronoun/V-ing
• 3. In spite of & Despite are almost the same
in usage.
• END