In Spite of, Despite and Although | Learn English

If 'in spite of' and 'despite' are used in front of the phrase 'the fact that' then they can be used with a subject and a verb: In spite of the ... ECHome ECNetwork YoungLearners LearnEnglish Partners ECCareers Blogs ECCentralBlog Boston Brighton Bristol Cambridge CapeTown London London30+ LosAngeles Malta Manchester Miami Montreal NewYork On-CampusatOswego On-CampusatFredonia Oxford SanDiego SanFrancisco Toronto Vancouver Washington,DC SignIn StudentSignIn StaffSignIn [email protected] +35623790555 HomeInSpiteof,DespiteandAlthough SelectratingPoorOkayGoodGreatAwesome Average:3.6(290votes) Sat,06/22/2013-07:09—ChrisMcCarthy ConfusingWords Grammar Vocabulary ‘inspiteof’,‘despite’and‘although’areallusedtoshowcontrastandareusedforthesamemeaning.Theonlydifferenceisthewaytheyareused;thestructureinwhichtheyareused. ‘inspiteof’and‘despite’areplacedinfrontofanounorpronoun:Wehadagreattimeinspiteoftherain.Wehadagreattimedespitetherain.Despitestudyingveryhard,hestilldidn’tpasstheexam.‘studying’isthenounformoftheverb‘study’ ‘despite’doesNOThave‘of’afterit:Despitetheroughweathertheystillsetsail.NOT,Despiteofthebadweather... ‘although’isusedinfrontofasubjectandaverb:Wehadagreattimealthoughitrained.Althoughhestudiedveryhard,hestilldidn’tpasstheexam. If‘inspiteof’and‘despite’areusedinfrontofthephrase‘thefactthat’thentheycanbeusedwithasubjectandaverb:Inspiteofthefactthathestudiedveryhard,hestilldidn’tpasstheexam.Despitethefactthatitrainedwestillhadagreattime. ‘eventhough’canbeusedthesamewayas‘although’.Formostnativespeakers‘eventhough’isslightlystrongerthan‘although’:Eventhoughwewereinaterriblehotel,wehadagreattime. LessonbyTristan,teacheratECMaltaEnglishschool Use‘inspiteof’,despite’or‘although’forthesesentences: 1)___hewastiredhedroveahundredkilometrestothenexttown.InspiteofAlthough2)Heenjoyshisjob___thelowsalary.despite/inspiteofalthough3)___havinglivedinNorwayfortenyears,henevergotusedtothecold.Despite/InspiteofAlthough4)___theysaidconstructionwascomplete,therewerebuildersworkingonthehotelwhenwearrived.Despite/InspiteofAlthough5)___thefactthatshehadnomoney,sheboughtthecaranyway.AlthoughDespite/Inspiteof6)Youstillplayloudmusic___I'veaskedyounottoseveraltimes.despite/inspiteofeventhough Bookmark/Searchthispostwith: Signuptoournewsletter"EnglishinyourInbox"toreceiveyourmonthlyfixofEnglishbyemail.Thenewsletterincludesusefullessons,competitionsandbookreviews. LessonIndex HelpUs! SevenLetters TryoutthisaddictivewordgameandcompeteagainstotherLearnEnglishvisitors.......haveyougotthelargestvocabulary?  EnglishlanguageSchools