English — Expressing Contrast: Although, Despite, However — BAC Literary Stream

Expressing Contrast: Although, Despite, However

Contrast connectors are used to show differences between two ideas or facts.

Although / Though / Even Though

Followed by a clause (subject + verb): ‘Although he was tired, he continued working.’

Despite / In spite of

Followed by a noun or gerund: ‘Despite the rain, we went out.’ / ‘In spite of being tired, he worked.’

However / Nevertheless / On the other hand

Used at the beginning of a sentence: ‘He was tired. However, he continued working.’

Exercises

1. Rewrite using ‘although’: ‘He is rich but unhappy.’
2. Complete: ‘___ (Despite/Although) the difficulty, he succeeded.’
3. Choose: ‘___ (However/Despite) he tried hard, he failed.’

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