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Trang 1CHỦ ĐỀ 09 – ALTHOUGH / DESPITE – IN SPITE
OF/ BECAUSE / BECAUSE OF
1 Although / Despite – In spite of: Mặc dù
Although + một câu
Despite hoặc In spite of + V – ing/ cụm danh từ/ danh từ
Bài tập 1: Điền vào although/ in spite of/ despite
1 … it rained a lot, we enjoyed our holiday
2 … all our careful plans, a lot of things went wrong
3 … we had planned everything carefully, a lot of things went wrong
4 I went home early … I was feeling unwell
5 I went to work the next day … I was still feeling unwell
6 She only accepted the job … the salary, which was very high
7 She accepted the job … the salary, which was rather low
8 I managed to get to sleep … there was a lot of noise
9 I couldn’t get to sleep … the noise
10 She went out … the rain
11 She went out … it was raining
12 She went out … the fact that it was raining
13 … she didn’t like it, I enjoyed it a lot
14 It was good, … expensive
15 I was late …, the others were all on time
16 … I was late, the others were all on time
17 They managed it … I wasn’t there
18 They managed it … the fact that I wasn’t there
19 … of the opportunity, no one bothered
2 Because/ because of:
Because + một câu
Because of + V – ing/ cụm danh từ/ danh từ
Bài tập 2: Điền vào because hay because of
1 We stopped playing tennis … the rain
2 It was all … her that we got into trouble
3 We had to hurry indoors … it was raining
Trang 24 I am late … the traffic
5 We didn’t arrive until seven o’clock … the traffic was terrible
6 She found the exam easy … she had worked hard during the course
7 He can’t drive … his illness
8 The restaurant closed down … the recession
9 He found working in Japan very difficult … the language problem
10 He’s very difficult to understand … his accent
11 They moved to Liverpool … her job
12 There have been a lot of problems in Britain … mad cow disease
13 They came to London … he got a job there
14 He crashed his car … he was driving too fast
15 He lost his driving license … he was convicted of drinking and driving
16 She could only eat a salad in the restaurant … she is a vegetarian
17 The newspaper was prosecuted … an article about the Government